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Female artefacts: 111 June 2004
Image: Roman bikini from the Museum of London
How the Romans invented the bikini

Archaeology has rarely been so popular, but while we imagine khaki dressed professionals earnestly peering over old pots, the reality is a little bit different. Some of them have been digging up Roman knicker drawers.

In the first of our series on ancient artefacts and the lives of British women in the past, Anna McNamee goes to see Jenny Hall, Roman Curator at the Museum of London.

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