A dig on the grounds of the Carlisle Cricket Club in the U.K. has turned up a mysterious lump of a substance that researchers have identified as the pigment Tyrian purple. Their latest discovery was ...

Roman Imperial Purple, Tyrian Purple is a paint pigment. Credit: Anna Giecco. A rare archaeological object, thought to be the only one of its type in the Roman Empire, has been discovered in Carlisle.

Two huge sculpted stone heads, discovered during the excavation of Carlisle's Roman Bathhouse will go on display in the autumn. The "once in a lifetime" finds were uncovered during a community dig at ...

An excavation project of a Roman remains has received a major amount of funding from the National Lottery. The Roman Bath House in Carlisle is currently being dug up and has received £99,000 from the ...

Two huge Roman head sculptures have been found at a sports club, in what archaeologists have described as "finds of a lifetime." Volunteers uncovered the carved sandstone artifacts, thought to be ...

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On a site on Carlisle in Cumbria, England, that once held a high-status Roman bathhouse, archaeologists have unearthed 34 gems, variously cut from amethyst, jasper, and cornelian, and dating back to ...

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 listed ...

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 ...

Down the drain is where British archaeologists recently discovered 36 artfully engraved semiprecious stones, in an ancient bathhouse at the site of a Roman fort near Hadrian’s Wall in Carlisle, ...

Two major excavations in the Border region are helping to uncover the area's Roman past. Volunteers at this year's annual excavation at the Vindolanda Roman fort have been praised by professional ...