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Subway Dig Unearths Rome's Ancient Past
It's been centuries since archaeologists excavated Rome's central Piazza Venezia, but just a few hundred yards from the Roman Forum, skeletons of the city's past are surfacing. In a hole 18 feet below the piazza, construction workers and archaeologists digging Rome's new subway line are carefully uncovering Rome's layered history. Closest to the surface are building remnants from renaissance Rome that were torn down in the late 19th century. |
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