T he London Museum received a £20 million donation and more than 14,000 Roman artifacts from Bloomberg Philanthropies, including items from a third-century CE temple dedicated to the Roman god ...

London Museum has received £20m and more than 14,000 Roman artefacts from a US charitable organisation. The gift from Bloomberg Philanthropies is the largest private donation and largest archive ...

An ancient Roman basilica has been discovered below London's financial district The basilica, dating back some 1,900 years, was found during excavations that took place as part of the demolition ...

News; UK News; Roman Empire; Lost secret cult temple buried beneath London's streets for 1,700 years In 1954, builders clearing a World War II bombsite in central London unearthed the remains of a ...

The London Mithraeum, a Roman temple dedicated to the mysterious god Mithras, was discovered in 1954 during post-war reconstruction. At first mistaken for an early Christian church, ...

A 2,000-year-old Roman road was discovered in London during excavations of Old Kent Road. The area was being excavated in an effort to expand low carbon heating to thousands of homes in the area.

Archaeologists have uncovered the remnants of London's earliest-known ancient Roman basilica on the site of a planned 32-story skyscraper, right in the heart of what was once known as Londinium.

It was a hugely important building around 2,000 years ago, where key government meetings and public gatherings were held. Now, London's first Roman basilica has been finally found – hidden ...

An office building from the 1930s in the heart of London was about to be demolished and redeveloped by its owners — until archaeologists unearthed remnants of the city’s first Roman basilica ...

After London and two other towns were destroyed during a revolt against Roman rule around A.D. 60, the creation of the first basilica, around A.D. 70-80, was “almost like a sign of renewal and ...

Archaeologists long suspected an ancient Roman road cut through modern-day London, but its exact route remained a mystery — until now. The 2,000-year-old route known as Roman Watling Street ...