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What can the Earth tell us about itself?

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The Darning Tool

The object was first excavated at the room fort of Vindalanda in 1992. It is thought to have been used as a darning tool or sex implement. "Society was very unequal, and that such an object might not only be used for pleasure, but could also be used to perpetuate a power imbalance"

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