LONDON—Archeologists say they have discovered the oldest handwritten document ever found in Britain among hundreds of 2,000-year-old waxed tablets from Roman London. Another is dated Jan. 8, A.D. 57 — Britain’s earliest dated handwritten document. Archeologists say they have discovered the oldest handwritten document ever found in Britain. Luisa Duarte, a conservator for the Museum of London, holds a piece of wood with the Roman alphabet written on it in, in London, on Wednesday. Museum of London Archaeology experts say they found more than 400 wooden tablets during excavations in London’s financial district for the new headquarters of information company Bloomberg.

Source: thestar June 01, 2016 14:51 UTC