Aerial view of the excavations of a large Roman mosaic in Rutland, England.A man taking a lockdown walk on his father's farm stumbled across a rare Roman mosaic.
A Roman villa complex containing a rare mosaic depicting scenes from Homer's Iliad has been unearthed in a farmer's field in England. "I noticed these bits of pottery, oyster shells, and what I now know to be orange Roman roof tiles," Irvine told "Because of the crop mark, I knew there would be something to find. I never expected in a million years to come across a mosaic, especially one as special as this," Irvine told the i.Archaeologists from the University of Leicester excavated the site with heritage watchdog Historic England and Rutland county council.found that the mosaic was part of an elaborate villa complex, which held several other buildings.
They added that while mosaics were commonly featured in buildings across the Roman Empire, the Rutland mosaic is unique in that it features Achilles and his battle with Hector in the Trojan War.
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