The 2,000-year-old basilica was “once the beating heart of Roman London,” the Museum of London Archaeology said.

Developers building an office block in the City of London discovered one of the most important archaeological finds ever in the capital. The basilica was where the leaders of Lond

An "extraordinary" discovery of London’s first Roman basilica has been found under the basement of an office building about to be demolished right next to Leadenhall Market in Central London. The 2,000-year-old structure could become a new “world-class” public exhibition of the one-of-a-kind ruins as soon as 2029.

Experts are surprised at how much of the basilica, or town hall, survived. The ancient building was part of Roman London’s political and commercial center.

While exploring the site of a 32-story planned skyscraper in London, archaeologists unearthed the ruins of a nearly 2,000-year-old Roman basilica.

The remains of an ancient basilica that would have formed the heart of Roman London have been uncovered during building work in the center of the British capital.