Archaeologists discover ‘astonishing’ Roman statues on HS2 route
The Independent says HS2 bosses have revealed the discovery of “astonishing” Roman statues dug up along the route – to the anger of environmentalists who claim that historic sites are being destroyed.
Archaeologists dug up two complete figures of what appear to be a man and a woman, along with the head of a child, at an abandoned medieval church in Stoke Mandeville, Buckinghamshire.
The find, described as a “once in a lifetime” discovery, also includes a hexagonal glass Roman jug, large pieces of which were still intact despite its having been in the ground for what is thought to be more than 1,000 years.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/hs2-dig-roman-statue-site-destroy-b1947137.html
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