‘Flat-packed furniture for the next life’: Roman funerary bed found in London

First such piece to be found in Britain is ‘incredibly well-made’, say experts, and remarkably preserved

Archaeologists in London have made the “exceptionally important” discovery of a complete wooden funerary bed, the first ever discovered in Britain.

The remarkably preserved bed, described as “unparalleled” by experts, was excavated from the site of a former Roman cemetery near Holborn viaduct, central London, alongside five oak coffins. Prior to this dig, only three Roman timber coffins in total have been found in the capital.

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