Archaeologists have uncovered a Roman shrine located 10 feet below a former graveyard on the grounds of a cathedral in central England. They also found a cellar, pottery, and coins.
Workers dig in the grounds of Leicester Cathedral, which began in October 2021, in this undated photo. Experts from the University of Leicester said Tuesday that they have uncovered a Roman shrine beneath a former graveyard in central England.
"Until now, there’s been no way of being able to say whether there was or not," he added, but the new findings reveal that"there is definitely a Roman place of worship underneath the cathedral." Morris and his team believe the cellar, nearly 10 feet below the ground, was built in the second century. Several pieces of Roman pottery and coins were also found at the site.CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP
The dig was part of a multi-million-pound project to restore Leicester Cathedral, thought to have first been built in the 11th century. The cathedral is now home to the tomb of Richard III, England’s last Plantagenet king and the last English monarch to have died in battle. He died in 1485.found the medieval king's remains a decade ago in a Leicester city center parking lot. He was reinterred in the cathedral in 2015.
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