In 1954, archaeologists digging in the bombed out ruins of post-World War II London discovered what they first thought was an ancient Roman shed. The structure wasn’t on any maps of the Roman city of ...

It’s easy to forget the City of London’s deep history when walking among modern glass towers but hidden beneath the streets lies an ancient secret. The London Mithraeum, a Roman temple dedicated to ...

In 1954, the chance discovery of the remains of a Roman temple to the God Mithras in the rubble of post-war London captured public imagination, with tens of thousands of visitors flocking to the site ...

Almost 2,000 years ago the Romans built a temple next to the river Thames in London, to one of their most mysterious cult figures, Mithras the bull-slayer. The temple has been restored and it is now ...

Macuga digs into the Roman mythology of the Roman temple of Mithras – hidden beneath the City of London – in her cave-like immersive installation. Financial news and archaeology – these two things don ...

A Roman temple has been restored to its original site seven metres below the City of London, using sound, lights and misty haze to bring the ruin back to life. Built in the third century, the London ...

What surfaced in 1954 after almost 1,800 years underground, was treated like crap in the 1960s, disappeared again for a while, and has finally rematerialised with the treatment it deserves? That would ...

Financial news and archaeology – these two things don’t come together all that often. In a rare instance of such a pairing, visitors to London can descend beneath the city’s financial centre to ...