Developers building an office block in the City of London discovered one of the most important archaeological finds ever in the capital. The basilica was where the leaders of Lond

Archaeologists have found “the heart of Roman London,” the remains of the city’s first basilica, underneath an office building.

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

An rare discovery in northern Luxembourg has given historians a fresh glimpse into the final years of the Western Roman Empire. Archaeologists have uncovered a hoard of gold coins dating back to the late fourth and early fifth centuries, buried near the village of Holzthum.

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.

An office building from the 1930s in the heart of London was about to be demolished and redeveloped by its owners — until archaeologists unearthed remnants of the city’s first Roman basilica in the basement.