There are plenty of ancient historical monuments in London, but according to Artnet News, some parts of the city's Roman past were long buried and forgotten - until recently..

Archaeologists at the Archaeological Museum of London (MOLA) have found sections of a two-mile-long wall that the Romans built 2,000 years ago to protect their British outpost, then called Londinium, near the River Thames..

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Excavations in the area around the river began in the 1970s.. Between 2006 and 2016, the museum discovered three large sections totaling 330 feet near Riverbank House on Upper Thames Street, Sugar Quay and Three Quay on Lower Thames Street. Now even more walls have been discovered, a photo of a new find has been shared in the aforementioned publication. In the meantime, let's recall what the previously discovered parts of the Roman wall of London looked like.

Wall segments built from Kentish ragstone were not the only discovery. During the excavations, wooden shipyards and wharfs dated to 133 AD were found.. The condition of the port facilities shows how important London's infrastructure was to Britain under Roman rule..

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According to Artnet News, these wall segments and port facilities have received "

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