Wales

South Wales may be famous today for its industrial skyline, but archaeologists now say something far older - and unexpectedly grand - lies just under the turf at Margam Country Park near Port Talbot. A newly identified Roman villa complex, detected by geophysical survey, is being described as the largest stand-alone Roman villa ever found in Wales, with researchers suggesting its preservation could be unusually high because it sits in historic deer park land that has not been ploughed or developed. The find has already earned a punchy nickname: “Port Talbot’s Pompeii.” While no one is claiming volcanic ash here, the idea is that centuries of relatively undisturbed ground may have kept walls, floors and surfaces intact enough to transform