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Storms reveal rare 2,000-year-old footprints on Scottish beach

Storms that recently ravaged Britain's coastline have revealed 2,000-year-old footprints on an Angus beach—one of only a handful of locations in the U.K. where markings of this kind have ever been discovered. The imprints of human and animal feet—made around the time of Boudicca, Jesus, and the heig...

Storms reveal rare 2,000-year-old footprints on Scottish beach
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Storms that recently ravaged Britain's coastline have revealed 2,000-year-old footprints on an Angus beach—one of only a handful of locations in the U.K. where markings of this kind have ever been discovered. The imprints of human and animal feet—made around the time of Boudicca, Jesus, and the height of the Roman Empire—were temporarily revealed by shifting sands at Lunan Bay and spotted by vigilant members of the public.

Originally published at Phys.org

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