Romans occupying London in the 3rd century were so fearful of attacks from unruly local tribes that they encircled the city in protective walls, including one severing the provincial capital from its ...

In the former Beverly Hills of Roman London, archaeologists were astonished to find thousands of fragments from Roman walls covered in frescoes, making it the most significant discovery of its kind ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." After four years of reconstruction, the remains of a painted wall in Roman London, founded in AD 43, have ...

LONDON — A remarkable archaeological endeavor in the heart of the British capital has brought to light one of the most extensive collections of painted Roman wall plaster ever unearthed in the city.

A “jigsaw” of 2,000 year old fragments have been pieced together by archaeologists to reveal a remarkable Roman wall painting. Pieces of the fresco were discovered on a site in central London that was ...

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 in the ...

Work to give 21st-century London yet another skyscraper has uncovered traces — in fact, chunks — of the city’s origins almost 2,000 years ago.Archaeologists exploring the site of a planned 32-story ...

A section of a decorative fresco discovered in London, dating to 1st century AD (all images by and courtesy of MOLA) Deer nibbling on fruit trees, blue-feathered birds, and a vine winding around a ...

LONDON — Work to give 21st-century London yet another skyscraper has uncovered traces — in fact chunks — of the city’s origins almost 2,000 years ago. Archaeologists exploring the site of a planned 32 ...