collapse of Rome

The largest ever collections of a painted Roman wall plaster have been unearthed in London’s Southwark area, pieced together after 1,800 odd years from amongst the remains of an early Roman building, demolished sometime before 200 AD. This site has previously yielded stunning mosaics and a rare mausoleum. In 2021, builders hit a buried treasure: thousands of pieces of lavishly painted Roman wall plaster strewn across a demolition site. What initially looked like a haphazard heap of rubble was later recognized as one of the most important fresco finds ever made in Roman London, according to a press release by Museum of London Archaeology. The World's Toughest Jigsaw Puzzle "It was like working on the world's most challenging jigsaw puzzle,"