CHILDREN’S writer Terry Deary met fans as he urged people to visit a touring exhibition before it leaves an historic North-East city.
Fans of the Horrible Histories series queued to meet the renowned author at a book signing event at Gladiators: A Cemetery of Secrets in Durham City.
The exhibition is in the former tourist information centre, near the Gala Theatre, in Millennium Place, and will run until Sunday November 4.
Mr Deary, the author of Roman Tales, among many others, who is from Burnhope, said: “The Romans were the only people in history who killed other people for sport. Yet they are held up as a model of civilization.
“The schools lie about what the Romans were really like, but this exhibition and my books tell the truth.”
The exhibition displays six skeletons which were first uncovered by York Archaeological Trust archaeologists at a site in York.
Eighty burials were excavated at the site, of which 60 were mostly complete skeletons. Almost all were male and most were adults.
Comments: Our rules
We want our comments to be a lively and valuable part of our community - a place where readers can debate and engage with the most important local issues. The ability to comment on our stories is a privilege, not a right, however, and that privilege may be withdrawn if it is abused or misused.
Please report any comments that break our rules.
Read the rules here