![]() ![]() "It's been an incredible two days into the project it's the first sculpture found from the site and could be the find of a lifetime," lead archaeologist Frank Giecco said in a statement. The head sculptures were found by the side of an ancient cobbled Roman road on the second day of the dig, within the grounds of the cricket club on some redundant grassland, Sarah Irving with Cumberland Council told Newsweek. ![]() The latest archaeological dig at the cricket club-part of the U.K.-government funded 2023 Uncovering Roman Carlisle project-involved hundreds of volunteers, some with no prior experience of archaeology. The bathhouse uncovered at Carlisle Cricket Club is the largest-known building along the Wall. Hadrian's Wall, the iconic 73-mile-long defensive structure that marked the empire's northernmost border, runs past the city. Stuart Walker PhotographyĬarlisle once sat at the edge of the Roman Empire. The artifacts are thought to be around 1,800 years old. ![]() The Roman head sculptures found at Carlisle Cricket Club in the United Kingdom. ![]()
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