Rare, priceless, 1,900-year-old Roman statue of eagle swallowing a snake found in London construction site

[Valin]

National Post

 

Archeologists digging around the site of a future hotel complex in the City of London have made a rare discovery: a Roman statue of an eagle swallowing a snake.

 

In perfect condition, the bust-sized funerary sculpture was found last month by Museum of London archeologists on the final day of excavations before the site could be built on. The limestone eagle is believed to have been made in the Cotswolds, England, in the late 1st or early 2nd century A.D.

 

This really sits among the finest pieces of Romano-British sculpture, said Michael Marshall, finds specialist at the Museum of London Archeology, as he presented the 1,900-year-old bird to reporters inside a cavernous storeroom.

 

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[Valin]

http://youtu.be/fcjWOPO_DKM

[Pepper]

@Valin

imagine how much more is still to be found or at risk of being buried deeper and removed from discovery

[nickydog]

I am amazed at what continues to be found, especially in Jerusalem.

[Valin]

I am amazed at what continues to be found, especially in Jerusalem.

Yes all those ancient bronze age Palestinian artifacts...cleverly disguised as Jewish.

Them Jews they sure are cleaver!