Posted on 03/07/2008 2:21:57 PM PST by decimon
Roman holiday ping.
Rome is without a doubt the coolest city I’ve ever seen. Even got to see commies getting arrested.
“Digging there must be an archaeologists dream.”
... and they can sure use those trains....if you’ve ever traveled by that means in Rome.
How cool is that...
Can’t dig a ditch in Rome without finding something!
I see here the potential to dig through history to pre-Roman times. I guess we'll see.
They absolutely can and only a euro to ride anywhere.
We loved those trains.
Until the American Indians claim the sacred grounds of their ancestors are being disturbed.
I find it strange that the “experts” say that there are no old sites 100 feet down. How can anyone know that?
What if the Romans built over an older civilization, and they moved tons of dirt to cover up the previous inhabitants??
I'm sure they did in some places. That would have meant nothing then but a lot now.
“Under Italy’s strict conservation laws, it will be up to Bottini’s office for Rome to decide whether a find will be removed, destroyed or encased within the subway’s structures.”
That was the question when Athens recently expanded, dramatically, its Metro system. What was found in the digging was just extraordinary, for example, Plato’s Academy. In any event, now the stations look like museum rooms with glass faced cases around the walls displaying what was found during the digging. Its great stuff!
Wow, what a time machine that place is! Almost anywhere you look for a hundred feet down, and more perhaps, history lies waiting. Has to be the most important archaeological site in the world.
You ought to watch this: Cities Of The Underworld
"In major cities all around the world today, skyscrapers loom overhead, taxis honk their horns and street vendors peddle their wares. But below lays city upon city - each with its fascinating and unknown history. CITIES OF THE UNDERWORLD explores these layers, which are often hundreds of feet deep, to examine a city's ancient cisterns, dank dungeons, eerie tombs, clandestine hideouts, and even underground shipwrecks that have been lost for hundreds of years. How did (and do) engineers build layer upon layer up to today's city streets? CITIES OF THE UNDERWORLD reveals the technological marvels that allowed the construction of one city upon another - literally."
Do you know if that delayed the dig by much? I've a feeling that the Roman project will be longer and more expensive than they are planning for.
“Do you know if that delayed the dig by much?”
Yes, it did. The archaeologists were called out almost every day but there was never any real question that the project wouldn’t go through to completion. The then looming date of the Olympics pushed things along too.
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Yeah, but Paris is great too. Do 'em both.
Well, second maybe. If only Jerusalem could be excavated like this, particularly the site of the Temples.
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