The discovery has been described as one of the most important pieces of Roman history in the City of London.

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.

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

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.

Deep beneath a modern office building in London, archaeologists have made an extraordinary discovery – the remains of the first Roman basilica in the city. Constructed shortly after the Roman conquest of Britain,