It is believed the frescoes once decorated at least 20 internal walls of a high-status Roman building between AD 40 and 150.
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An excavation in London has revealed one of the largest collections of painted Roman wall plaster to be discovered in the capital.
Archaeologists have spent four years working on thousands of fragments of shattered plaster discovered at a site in Southwark, near London Bridge station and Borough Market, in 2021 to painstakingly piece together the artwork of a high-status Roman building.
Archaeologists have spent four years piecing together the artwork
Thousands of fragments of plaster are pieced together to reveal frescos from a Roman London villa.
The parts were discovered at a site in Southwark, near London Bridge and Borough Market, during an excavation in 2021.
The altars have undergone extensive conservation work.
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