Archaeologists unearth the remains of a Roman basilica on the site of a new London skyscraper

LONDON (AP)-The work of granting London in the twenty-first century has worked that another skyscraper has revealed effects-in part-parts of the city’s origins about 2000 years ago.

Archaeologists who explore the 32 -storey office tower website announced on Thursday that they discovered the remains of a Roman church that stood one day in the heart of the city known as the name Lundnemium.

Excavations on the bottom floor of the building to be demolished for the tower in 85 Gracechurch Street revealed the walls and institutions of flying, Raj and Al -Raj, with one width (more old.

Sophie Jackson of the London Museum described it as “one of the most important discoveries” in years old in the quarter in London, the city – Financial neighborhood square mile The modern glass stands high on top of the remains of Victorian, Asian and even previous structures.

What was revealed is the foundations of a two -storey building, larger than the Olympic pool. It was built between 78 and 84 m, about three decades after the Romanian forces invaded Britain, and about 20 years old, the Queen of Celtic Bodica’s forces dismissed the emerging settlement.

Bazilica was part of the forum, the social, political and commercial heart of London, where people went to shop, mixing, looking for justice and hearing the latest decrees of political leaders. The newly discovered remains are part of the court, a high area in the forum where politicians and officials have made decisions on city governance.

“It is the heart of the city’s beating city,” said Andrew Henderson Schwartz, head of the General Impact at the London Museum. It is a type of towers over the city. Thus is a real symbol of Roman power and power.

He said: “We are talking about the early stages of London here, but it is a real sign of investing in the city, even in its early stages.”

The developer, Hertshten Properties, who owns the site and has a plan to plan a new office, agreed to integrate the remains into his plans and display them in the visitor center.

Henderson Schwartz said the extent of the “huge” institutions that were discovered in many test drilling indicates a “unusual” level of preserving it.

More drilling can answer interesting questions, including the reason for using the original forum for only 20 years before being replaced much more, which has been in use until the collapse of Roman rule in Britain three centuries later. Elements like writing tablets, can give style – even ancient garbage – glimpses in the daily life of the Romanian population of London.

Britain’s real estate developers have to consult archaeologists as part of their planning process, which is a practice of it Discover discoveries From sexual jewelry to ice skiing in the Middle Ages to skeletons Victims of plague in the fourteenth century.

The latest discovery adds to small effects in the Roman London that can be seen throughout the city, including part of the old wall, and part of the runway under the headquarters of the architectural information company that is under the headquarters of the Modern Information Company Bloomberg.

“We have these small windows in Roman London that are located all over the city. This is in fact the site that connects them all together. This is the heart of Rome in London, where everything has been made,” said Henderson Schwartz.