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Egypt

• Bahareya Oasis. An account of the finding of over 100 Roman-Egyptian mummies from the first and second centuries A.D. Includes pictures.
• Eastern Desert. Some well-described Roman material at this site, which deals with a survey project along ancient trade routes. Some maps, but no pictures that I could find.
• Karanis. This page has pictures of artifacts found during the 1926-35 University of Michigan excavations at Karanis. Unfortunately, there is no real information about the dig results, but the pictures are very nice!

England

• Birmingham. The WWW page of Birmingham Roman Roads Project. Includes two maps and a summary of the project's aims, history, and conclusions.
• Canterbury. Short descriptions of excavations in many different places around Canterbury. Plans and pictures often included.
• Catterick. Short description of the excavations of a small Roman town in Yorkshire, including a couple of good pictures.
• Danebury. Homepage of the Danebury Environs project, which investigated several Roman sites around an iron-age hillfort. A very detailed report, with many pictures (in 2 sizes), plans, and even a "virtual reality" walkthrough of one of the buildings included.
• Dorchester. A lengthy site description and discussion concerning the excavation of a Roman aquaduct. A number of helpful maps and schematic diagrams are included.
• Filey. A Late Roman coastal signal station is the subject of this brief site description, which also includes 2 pictures.
• Heybridge. This is a brief description of the site of a Roman settlement in Essex, with a couple of pictures, and a rather hard-to-decipher site plan.
• London (East Cemetery). The findings and results of the excavations of one of the Roman cemeteries of Londinium are concisely discussed here. Pictures are included. A fairly good site, actually.
• London (Jubilee Line Extension). Brief descriptions of rescue archaeology done during the construction of a new subway line. There's not much here, but some interesting pictures, including rather a nifty one of a lamp shaped like a foot.
• London (Spitalfields). A report on the discovery of a Roman sarcophagus in good condition. Includes photographs and discussion of the contents of the sarcophagus.
• Piddington. This is a very very brief exploration of work at a Roman villa on the site of an Iron Age settlement. There is a cursory description, and much information on participating in the dig. The few photos that I could find were almost all of excavation work in progress, but there is a stunning overhead shot of the site, worth looking at in and of itself.
• Silchester. A good little site dealing with the excavation of an insula. There is information about a field school at the site, as well as many pictures (of the site and of finds), plans, and succinct reports on the dig.

France

• Bavay . A fairly detailed overview of the excavations of the necropolis at Bavay, with several pictures. In French.
• Burgundy. This site concerns a survey project, using GIS and other high-tech methods. It's not specifically Roman in scope, but does include some Roman material, and some pictures. In some ways it's similar to the Wroxeter project listed under England on this page.
• Psalmodi. Excavation centred mainly on Mediaeval elements, but a fair quantity of Roman pottery was found, and there are photos/drawings of some of it at this site. Includes bibliography.
• Sains-du-Nord. Deals, in fair detail with the excavations of a road and several buildings in a small Roman village. Contains several good pictures and a bibliography. In French.
• Viuz-Faverges (Le Thovey). A brief but good description of findings from the excavation of the mansio in the ancient Roman town of Casuaria, accompanied by a few excellent pictures. In English, but a French version is also available.

Germany

• Hechingen-Stein. A very large and well-laid-out site. Follow the "villa" link for excavation reports, plans, and pictures.
• Kalkriese. An enormous site, dealing with excavations and explorations concerning the defeat of Varus and his troops in A.D. 9. There are many many maps, pictures (the photographs of the coin finds are particularly impressive, in my opinion), plans, stratigraphic drawings, etc. here, and most of the sections are cross-referenced with useful articles. This site should definitely be explored! In German.
• Tawern. A description of finds and reconstructive efforts at a Gallo-Roman vicus and temple. Includes numerous excellent pictures and maps. In German.

Greece

• Corinth. The aim of this project is to create a computer-based city plan of the Roman colony, based upon excavation and survey. Included in this impressive series of Frames-based pages (a non-Frames version is available) are a history of the city, a picture or two, and a couple of maps (including a sample of the aforementioned city plan, and a striking topographical map of Greece).
• Delphi. Notes, accompanied by several small pictures, on the excavations of Late Roman Delphi carried out by the French School of Archaeology of Athens.
• Eleusis. Two site reports on the excavations of a primarily Bronze Age site which nonetheless turned up at least one Roman occupation layer.
• Isthmia. An excellent page, containing both "year-by-year" and "feature-specific" reports on the ongoing excavations at Isthmia. Numerous pictures.
• Pylos. An enormous project, covering a number of small sites, some of them Roman. Check out the huge list of sites with corresponding find lists. Pictures of artifacts are promised, I believe.

Israel

• Caesarea. Contains information both on the excavation results and on participating in the dig. Also has a number of links to related sites.
• Sepphoris. This site includes four (quite useful) interim reports on excavations at the Roman and Byzantine city (particularly of a peristyle building in the city). Also included is a report on the glass finds. There are pictures in the glass report and the 1995 interim report (the picture identified as "jewelry" in the glass report includes something that looks suspiciously like a coin, but this is a mere quibble). In addition, there is extensive information on taking part in the project, including an electronic application form.
• Tel Dor. This site concerns the excavations of an ancient coastal city. It includes year by year site reports (divided up by area of excavation), some pictures, and a plan of a Roman temple. There is also information about participating in the dig.
• Yavneh-Yam. Pages detailing the excavations of an ancient city on the Israeli coast. The site is a bit overdone, parcicularly at the beginning (much clicking is required to get the actual archaeology pages), but contains some excellent pictures of both the site and small finds. A fairly sketchy historical overview of the site is also povided.

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