A team of archaeologists has uncovered a rare collection of Roman busts while excavating a Norman church in Buckinghamshire, England. Archaeologists believe the discovery is a Roman mausoleum.
Excavations revealed three stone Roman busts while excavating a circular ditch around what was thought to be the foundations of an Anglo-Saxon tower. Two of the busts consist of a head and torso depicting a female adult and male child, while the other is the stone head of an additional child.
Archaeologists also found numerous Roman roof tiles, painted wall plaster, cremation urns and a well-preserved hexagonal glass Roman jug. Only one comparable example is known to exist and is on display in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.
Weekly News – Mar 08, 2018
The Roman building appears to have been demolished by the Normans when building a church on the site. The walls and demolition rubble of the Roman building are directly beneath the Norman foundations with no soil build up in between.