1. Scots aim to mark the final frontier
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...Egypt and the Great Wall of China was launched yesterday. Frank McAveety, the minister for tourism, culture and sport, met European experts in an attempt to win World Heritage status for the An...

2. Culture Minister David Lammy unveils the UK's next three nominations for world heritage status.
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...f Wearmouth and Jarrow have been chosen as the UK's next three nominations to become World Heritage Sites, Culture Minister David Lammy announced today.  This means that, if accepted by UN...

3. Antonine Wall is nominated as a world class site
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...outstanding international archaeological treasure," said Patricia Ferguson MSP, Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport. "This touch of Roman civilisation in central Scotland is a rem...

4. Antonine Wall to be World Heritage Site?
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...ections of the Roman occupation for World Heritage Status. The United Nations Education, Science and Culture Organisation (UNESCO) is looking at a proposal to take     &...

5. Date With Destiny
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... a prestigious list of the world’s top historical visitor attractions, according to Scotland’s Culture Minister. A Roman fort at Lurg Moor, above Greenock, was part of the Antonine Wa...

6. Welcome to The Antonine Way
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...g monument brings history to life and provides an insight into Scotland, its people and the way their culture has been formed over many centuries. Once the Roman Empire’s most norther...

7. Antoninus Pius
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...er, he was brought up under the care of Arrius Antoninus, his maternal grandfather, a man of integrity and culture, and a friend of Pliny the Younger. Favour with Hadrian Having filled wit...

8. The Roman Empire: Army Life
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...sible that the presence of the Roman army, with its major demands for food and goods, encouraged local agriculture, but there is little evidence for this in Scotland. There is evidence, however, for a...

9. National Museums Scotland
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... the heart of Edinburgh's Old Town. Their collections tell the story of Scotland its land, its people and culture. Some exhibits are millions of years old, others less than a decade....