Genre:

News-Commentary, Drollery

Relevant illustrations:

wdct. [2]

Subjects:

Archaeology

People mentioned:

Thomas J Pettigrew

    Challenges the claim of 'archaeologians' to have determined the Roman provenance of a wall. Describes other events in what was evidently a meeting of archaeologists. These include the presentation of 'some fragments of coarse pottery [...] which somebody turned into a handle for a long argument'. The illustrations show the supposed Roman remains—broken pieces of pottery.