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Two Centuries After This Bronze Leg Emerged From a Scottish Bog, Archaeologists Believe It May Have Belonged to a Towering Statue of a Roman Emperor on Horseback

Long thought to have been looted from northern England by Scottish tribes, the larger-than-life leg may have actually been displayed in Roman Scotland, before it was carefully dismantled and buried by retreating forces

Two Centuries After This Bronze Leg Emerged From a Scottish Bog, Archaeologists Believe It May Have Belonged to a Towering Statue of a Roman Emperor on Horseback

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