[NYer]

• Coins, pottery, shoes, lucky charms and amber Gladiator amulet found
• Experts believe artefacts found near Thames date back 2,000 years
• Discoveries have been preserved in muddy waters of lost Walbrook River
• It provides largest quantity of Roman leather ever unearthed in the capital
• Site lies alongside huge building project for new offices in central London
• Three-acre site is also home to the Temple of Mithras, discovered in 1950s

Uncovered: A ceramic oil lamp depicting a stag

[Calvin Locke]

Pompeii? Seriously?

Not to disparage either the beauty or the importance of this find, but if somebody says "Pompeii", I think pyroclastic entombment.