Hadrian’s Wall — the inspiration for Game of Thrones’ Wall — was built by the Romans in the second century A.D. in what is ...

Hadrian's Wall In 122 AD the Emperor Hadrian ordered the construction of a wall: running for 120 km between the Solway and the Tyne it was designed to establish the bounds of the Roman Empire ...

Hadrians Wall in Northumberland, England has been a fortified wall structure in place for just over 1,900 years: its construction began in 122 A.D., and its purpose was to separate the province of ...

This story appears in the January/February 2017 issue of National Geographic History magazine. The emperor Hadrian was well known for building monuments across the Roman Empire, a territory that ...

Hadrian’s Wall has inspired countless myths and legends ... a narrow passage in the direction chosen by the creators of the (construction).’ The existence of archaeological remnants in ...

In the History Hit documentary, Hadrian’s Wall: Building the Wall, archaeologist Frances McIntosh, a key figure in the wall’s preservation through English Heritage, explored its mysteries ...

Its location, along with a timber frame surrounding the dwelling, known as a palisade, suggested much of its construction ... that it came north of Hadrian's Wall on the cloak of a Roman soldier ...

What better way could there be to explore Hadrian’s Wall, the Roman Empire’s most northerly frontier, than as part of a stunning coast-to-coast bike ride suitable for cyclists of all abilities?

In 122 AD the Emperor Hadrian ordered the construction of a wall: running for 120 km between the Solway and the Tyne it was designed to establish the bounds of the Roman Empire, but not of Roman ...