Professor Markus Scholz

Atuatuca Tungrorum / Tongeren. Fragment of a wooden writing tablet (Cat. No. 32) mentioning honorably discharged naval soldiers (classici). Credit: Gallo-Romeins Museum Tongeren-Borgloon

Researchers Decode Ancient Roman Wooden Writing Tablets Found in Belgium

21 January 2026

A remarkable archaeological breakthrough led by researchers from Goethe University Frankfurt is shedding new light on how Roman administration, culture,...

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Roman era total of 46 early settler burials discovered in Germany

17 September 2023

Students from Goethe University Frankfurt, in collaboration with the Hesse archeology department at the Darmstadt branch of the State Monument...

Researchers Decode Ancient Roman Wooden Writing Tablets Found in Belgium

Roman era total of 46 early settler burials discovered in Germany

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