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.

Archaeologists have uncovered a 2,000-year-old Roman basilica beneath a London office block, revealing the political heart of Londinium.

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.

In the basement of an office building in London’s financial district, the ruins of an ancient Roman basilica were found buried beneath old filing cabinets and concrete floors. Archaeologists are calling it one of the most exciting recent discoveries in the British capital.