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.

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.

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.

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 ...

Two sculptures of Roman gods were discovered near Carlisle Cricket Club in May Archaeologists and volunteers are to return to an excavation of a Roman bathhouse that has previously yielded more ...

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, ...

People have been invited to get involved in the "large and complex" excavation of a Roman bath house. Digging at the site near Carlisle Cricket Club has uncovered long-buried remains, which were ...

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 ...

A treasure trove of previously hidden Roman history unearthed in north Carlisle has been described as “Premier League” archaeology. Working in secret, archaeologists have been excavating a ...