The oldest temple of Ancient Rome reveals its secrets Bashny.Net

Archaeologist albert Ammerman argues that the religious significance of this place as if further sanctified the consolidation of the treaties. It is unlikely that someone violated the terms of the transaction, which was concluded before the watchful eye of an ancient deity.



The base of the structure is below the water level, which greatly complicates the archaeological excavations of Rome and the University of Michigan. During the past summer, the experts are constantly working on "mission impossible".
All a pit dug at a depth of about 4 meters below the water level. Despite the fact that theoretically were convinced that the protective cover is still stand, some animal part of your brain wants only one thing − probably to get out of this hell hole.

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In the end, the scientists got to the base of the temple and studied it for 3 days, after which the pit had to re-fill with water. However, during those few days at the excavation site, archaeologists were able to find a lot of unique information from the period of the initial building of Rome to the middle of the first Millennium BC.

Although the temple is in the former Church of Sant OMOBONO was discovered during construction works in 1937, to conduct extensive excavations until last year was not possible due to a number of problems related to logistics. Archaeologists hope this summer to continue its work on the study of this ancient sanctuary.

 

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