The Roman ruins
Normally this would've been extremely interesting to me but by now I was sweating worse than Pauly Shore in a comedy club. It was not only terribly hot but the humidity was just brutal. We hadn't had a chance to get a drink for hours so I was beginning to feel a little wobbly. I didn't hear much of our guide's explanation because I wandered off to find some shade and a seat. I did learn that those items at the bottom of the photo were indeed Roman coffins. York was about as far North as the Romans dared to settle. The Scottish tribes were too much to handle even for the mighty Roman legions. The Roman occupation and settlement of York barely lasted 100 years. But the ruins of where they built served as a foundation for future construction.
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