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A pregnant MAN features among the 37 new emoji coming to iPhones in Apple's iOS 15.4 update.'Son of Concorde' warms up: NASA completes wind tunnel tests on a model of its 'quiet' supersonic jet that.'It offers insights into the importance of the mill to the local community and to the protective properties bestowed upon the millstone and its produce (the flour) by the depiction of a phallus on its upper surface.' 'As one of only four known examples of Romano-British millstones decorated this way, the A14 millstone is a highly significant find,' said Oxford Archaeology's worked stone specialist, Ruth Shaffrey. While crosses on such stones are more prevalent, these tend to be found only at military sites, the team explained.
The researchers reported that more than 300 querns millstones were recovered during archaeological work on the A14 upgrade project.ĭecorated querns and millstones of any date are rare - and only four Roman millstones have ever been discovered from around a total of 20,000 nationwide. Pictured, Oxford Archaeology expert Ruth Shaffrey, poses with the phallus-bearing millstone Alongside the carving of the phallus on the millstone's upper face, the team discovered two crosses that had been inscribed on its circumference.
The millstone was examined by experts from the Museum of London Archaeology Headland Infrastructure and Oxford Archaeology. Other finds included the tusk of a woolly mammoth, the skull of a woolly rhinoceros, an abandoned medieval village, and three dismembered men from 1,500 years ago.Īrchaeologists also found the earliest known evidence for beer brewing in Britain, which dated back to as early as 400 BC. The upgraded stretch of road was opened to traffic in the May of last year - but the millstone was not the only archaeological find revealed before the works finished. However, the phallographic carving - which was made to give the millstone and its flour good luck and protection - was only recently identified by experts. The finds came from the remains of a Roman villa located near the town of Godmanchester, a Highways England spokesperson told MailOnline. The millstone and others were uncovered three years ago during roadworks to improve a 21-mile stretch of the A14 between Cambridge and Huntingdon. Running along the building's wall was a three-feet-high, 23–27 inch-wide bench cut into the rock, on the front of the remaining portion of which the carving was found.Ī Roman millstone found near Cambridge was decorated with an engraving of a penis - an 'image of strength and virility' - archaeologists have revealed. The phallographic relief was found in the remains of a circular pit-bottomed building, cut out of the limestone bedrock, which measured around 36 feet in diameter. The Sayburç site was first investigated earlier this year, after experts at the nearby Şanlıurfa Archeology Museum were informed that local villagers had been using blocks from obelisks found in the area to construct their garden walls. Turkey's Ministry of Culture and Tourism have recently teamed up with the Tourism Promotion and Development Agency to launch the 'Tepeler Bag' Neolithic heritage project, which will conduct further excavations at the sites between 2021–2024. These Neolithic ruins are believed to be some of the earliest sedentary settlements in human history and among the first examples of the use of organised and specialised labour, although relatively little is known about the inhabitants. Located in the province of Şanlıurfa, the Taş Tepeler region is home to 12 prehistoric sites, including the UNESCO World Heritage site of Göbekli Tepe.