Sifting through the damp soil of the southwestern United Kingdom, archaeologists slowly unearthed an ancient Roman settlement. The ruins seemed “typical” at first — but then “something more unusual” ...

a well-managed Roman agricultural settlement dotted with farms and high-status villas in the hinterland of Glevum or Roman Gloucester. In September 2020, Cotswold Archaeology began routine surveys ...

The excavation revealed a cemetery, with about half of the skeletons found in burial vaults associated with the medieval church.

Archaeologists say an "exceptionally well preserved" artefact may be the first to be found in a former Roman settlement ... known to the Romans as Glevum, between September 2020 and February ...