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Experts rebuild a Roman London villa’s frescoes from thousands of shattered pieces

A large part of the interior of 120 or more boxes of plaster fragments have been enticed home into readable pictures at In Roman Southwark. The task begins where most archaeology leaves it, not where ...
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2,000-year-old London’s first Roman basilica unearthed in ‘extraordinary’ state

Deep beneath a modern office building in London, archaeologists have made an extraordinary discovery – the remains of the first Roman basilica in the city. Constructed shortly after the Roman conquest ...
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An ‘Incredibly Rare’ Roman Find in London

Archaeologists digging in London’s financial district have discovered what they think to be the first complete Roman funerary bed ever to be uncovered in Britain. The site, which holds remains of ...
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Roman Temple of Mithras lies beneath Bloomberg HQ in London (Includes first-hand account)

Almost 2,000 years ago the Romans built a temple next to the river Thames in London, to one of their most mysterious cult figures, Mithras the bull-slayer. The temple has been restored and it is now ...