Posted on 01/01/2010 10:44:59 AM PST by SunkenCiv
Archaeologists are investigating a mystery Roman building underneath the Dewa Roman Experience premises in the city centre. They will tunnel through the brickwork and sandstone blocks above the Roman foundations of the secret building and into the void behind... Archaeologist Mike Emery said: "It's something substantial but we don't know that is. It has been suggested it might be Roman hospital but no-one quite knows. We will be literally tunnelling into the dark." The Dewa Roman Experience, popular for school visits, already features exposed archaeological trenches from 1991 including remnants of the Roman fortress, plus Saxon and medieval remains including a Tudor footpath and road... Michael Lancaster, manager of the attraction, said there would be 'a monumental effort' to retain the archaeological remains within a hotel or separate museum depending on future plans.
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“They will tunnel through the brickwork and sandstone blocks above the Roman foundations of the secret building and into the void behind.
There are plans for a 58-bed hotel at the Pierpoint Lane site, off Bridge Street, but any significant structures and finds will be accommodated within the design, possibly through the use of glass floors.
Archaeologist Mike Emery said: Its something substantial but we dont know that is. It has been suggested it might be Roman hospital but no-one quite knows.”
;-) ping!
Calling Jerry Rivers.
Is journalist Geraldo Rivera’s real name ‘Jerry Rivers’?
Yup. It’s a rather old joke.
You forgot to put quotes around “journalist.”
glass floors? I hope they have good rodent controls in place.
I think we’ve pretty much all wanted glass floors in elevators for years...
A multicultural dig.
Now me, I’d want to keep digging to see if the Romans built atop a yet older structure.
Geraldo ping!
Good idea, although the Romans probably left nothing of whatever earlier structures they found, and seem to have picked virgin sites more often than not. For examples, a good many Roman sites in Britain had no further occupation, and the oppida were seldom reused by the Romans. :’)
It's the vault of Alus Caponus.
When I was in Rome a few years ago, we visited a 15th Century church, San Clemente, a few blocks from the Colosseum. Then we went down a flight of stairs and were in the 5th Century church it was built on, with frescoes on the walls. Down another flight and we were at Roman 1st Century street level, poking through a warren of little rooms and passages that was part of a villa, an apartment building, and an alley. Oh, and a small MIthraic temple. In a city full of cool things to see, that was one of the best.
Very cool. Have to wonder what else is down deep.
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