Excavations at the Carlisle Cricket Club in the U.K. have turned up a rare clump of Tyrian purple, a color with Imperial associations.

Carlisle once sat at the edge of the Roman Empire. Hadrian's Wall, the iconic 73-mile-long defensive structure that marked the empire's northernmost border, runs past the city.

On a site in Carlisle that once held a high-status Roman bathhouse, archaeologists have unearthed 34 intaglios. The gems were dropped by Roman bathers in the 3rd century. Price Database.

The centre of the Roman Empire was located in Carlisle at one point, new archaeological discoveries suggest. Following six years of excavation, experts have concluded that a 160ft bath house ...

A section of a Roman column unearthed during an archaeological dig is just "the tip of the iceberg" of what could lie below the ground. The column was found by volunteers digging at the cricket ...

The Carlisle gems were found along with more than 700 items, including 105 glass beads, pottery, weapons, coins, clay figures, animal bones, tiles stamped with the imperial mark and some 100 hairpins.

Archaeologists and volunteers are to return to an excavation of a Roman bathhouse that has previously yielded more than 2,000 artefacts. The project at a site near Carlisle Cricket Club, where two ...

Archaeologists have found “priceless” artifacts at an English cricket club: two sculptures of Roman gods’ heads that may be over 1,800 years old. The finds were said to be well-preserved and ...

Uncovering Roman Carlisle has received £56,700 from the UK Government through the UK Shared Prosperity Fund. The site will be active and open to the public between Monday and Saturday, ...

Stunning carved Roman stones that were lost in an ancient pool have been discovered in Carlisle not too far from Hadrian’s Wall. Archaeologists found up to 30 semi-precious stones which were ...

FEARS over flooding have dealt a major blow to the dream of creating a permanent exhibition venue for the "Premier League" Roman archaeology found in north Carlisle. The chance discovery last year ...