April 17, 2005
Pompeii: the prequel
Swedish archeologists have discovered a Stone Age settlement covered in ash under the ruins of the ancient city of Pompei, indicating that the volcano Vesuvius engulfed the area in lava more than 3,500 years before the famous 79 AD eruption. . .Full story here."It was a real fluke," Leander Touati said, explaining that the group was emptying a well to determine its use when it made the find.
"We realized that the well was a lot deeper than we thought, and we sent a guy down into the well. He moved some of the earth and suddenly he was in prehistoric times," she said.
Posted by David on April 17, 2005 10:06 PM
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Now, how to excavate and research Stone Age and Bronze age depths without destroying Pompeiian artefacts and buildings. Or, alternatively, Pompeii could be considered to have been built by parvenues and upstarts, and not worth preserving. Or, on the third hand, maybe part of Pompeii could be removed to another site....
Posted by: Sarah
on April 18, 2005 12:01 PM
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