The 1800-year-old sculpture of the imperial symbol is regarded as one of the best pieces of Romano-British art ever foundA superb Roman eagle in near pristine condition,serpent prey wriggling in its beak, has been found by archaeologists in the City of London. A symbol of immortality and power, and it was carefully preserved when the aristocratic tomb it decorated was smashed up more than 1800 years ago – and is regarded as one of the best pieces of Romano-British art ever found.
The preservation is so startling that the archaeologists who found it a few weeks ago at the bottom of a ditch,on the final day of an excavation on a development site at the Minories, were worried in case they had unearthed a Victorian garden decoration.
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Source: theguardian.com