I love when they unearth history..and we get to see it in real time
Forget the Joneses — who could keep up with the Romans?
A mosaic tile floor from the third century (A.D. 200s) was recently unearthed dozens of feet below the surface of a vineyard near Verona in the north of Italy, a find historians are calling “this year’s biggest discovery.”
The remarkably well-preserved and ornate flooring design is part of the remains of a Roman villa, first found back in 1922.
The most recent discovery was made after “decades of failed attempts” by archaeologists to access the remains, according to a Facebook post by the town of Negrar di Valpolicella.
Last summer, a team with the Superintendent of Archaeology, Fine Arts and Landscape of Verona resumed excavation of the site, then returned in October 2019 and February of this year. They were forced out upon the coronavirus outbreak in Italy.
Now, as the Mediterranean country eases its lockdown restrictions, researchers were able to return to the site. Within a few days, they uncovered the pristine craft work beneath a row of grapevines and shared photos of their progress last week.
Newly discovered just outside of Verona, what could be this year's biggest discovery – an almost entirely intact Roman mosaic villa floor!
https://nypost.com/2020/05/28/uneart...est-discovery/
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