Credit: SAP Societa Archeologica
Posted on 05/28/2020 2:32:44 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
Archaeologists of the Superintendence of Archaeology, Fine Arts and Landscape of Verona are bringing to light the magnificent floor mosaics and foundations of a Roman villa dating back to the third century AD. The villa, which was first discovered in the 1920s at Negrar di Valpolicella, near Verona, had remained buried since then and was all but forgotten.
In summer 2019 the technicians of the Superintendence of Archaeology, Fine Arts and Landscape of Verona returned to the site after almost a century, under the direction of the archaeologist Gianni de Zuccato. The investigations continued in October 2019 and in February of this year, until they came to a standstill due to the coronavirus emergency.
In May the archaeologists resumed the excavation and within a week of digging trenches between the rows of vines they managed to locate part of the villa's mosaic floors and foundations. "For the moment", said de Zuccato, "our objective is simply to ascertain the exact dimensions of the ancient building."
Roberto Grison, mayor of Negrar di Valpolicella, is also excited with the rediscovery of the villa. "We believe that a cultural site of such value deserves attention and should be enhanced," he said. "That's why, together with the Superintendence and the private owners of the land, we will find a way to fund the excavation and make this treasure available to the wider public."
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Cool! Buried for centuries like the one I showed you from Dinnington.
Gonna need more Scrubbing Bubbles!
Amazing. Great design. Looks new too.
Maybe they will find biden’s brain.
OSHA would shut them down in a minute for a trench like that.
There they go again.
Finding more beautiful things the Romans built to last the ages.
Nah, why waste all that craftsmanship covering Slow Joe’s brain? It’s barely enough to qualify for a sheet of linoleum.
And here I can barely get a kitchen floor to last 15 years.
It’s beautiful, but why bury it underground?
“OSHA would shut them down in a minute for a trench like that.”
They wouldn’t have gotten started because the EPA wouldn’t issue the necessary permits and the union wouldn’t turn the first shovel of dirt without the permits and the kickbacks.
Well, at least for putting humans in the trench without collapse protection. That caught my eye right away, too.
There’s nothing more beautiful in antiquity than mosaics (IMO).
Thanks SC!
That floor is looking good for hundreds of years under a layer of dirt.
OT, but those guys need some expert assistance on trench shoring. That is a disaster waiting to happen.
How did so much earth get put upon the ancient floor? Did the landowner have it brought in to creat more arable land?
“Hundreds of years”
Try 18 of hundreds!
Amazing. What’ll they dig up next?
looks like a sewage trench.
Beautiful
Official press release for anyone else interested. Looks like this is it for a while...
http://www.sbap-vr.beniculturali.it/news/negrar-vr-villa-romana-riscoperta-e-nuove-scoperte
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