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Lost Roman Villa Uncovered After ‘Clandestine’ Excavation

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Lost Roman Villa Uncovered After ‘Clandestine’ Excavation

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Archaeology@mander.xyzEnglish · 4 months ago

Lost Roman Villa Uncovered After ‘Clandestine’ Excavation | Artnet News

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Illegal excavations at Castel di Guido, a rural Roman village outside of Rome, led Italy's Ministry of Culture to an ornate, unknown villa.

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Well, it was Rome. You throw a rock behind you and dig straight down wherever it falls and you will probably find ruins.

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Archaeology or archeology[a] is the study of human activity through the recovery and analysis of material culture. The archaeological record consists of artifacts, architecture, biofacts or ecofacts, sites, and cultural landscapes.

Archaeology has various goals, which range from understanding culture history to reconstructing past lifeways to documenting and explaining changes in human societies through time.

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