1,800-year-old artifact unearthed during routine construction 'a complete mystery'
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A digger who found an 1,800-year-old artifact said, "I had a real shock as the digger bucket rolled over what I thought was a big stone to reveal a face."
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After careful study and cleaning, experts said Crawley found the head of an ancient Roman sculpture. Two weeks later, a marble bust was found at the same construction site.
"I had a real shock as the digger bucket rolled over what I thought was a big stone to reveal a face," Crawley said in a statement this month from the Burghley Estate. "When I picked it up, I realized it was a head of a statue. I couldn’t believe it when they told me it was a Roman marble statue. It was an amazing feeling to have found something so old and special, definitely my best ever discovery."