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Extremely rare carved wooden Roman figure found on HS2 dig (www.theguardian.com)

The 67cm-tall figure is carved from a single piece of wood and is perfectly preserved thanks to the lack of oxygen in the ditch where it was discovered helped prevent rotting over many centuries.

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