One of my other favorite interests besides the ones already on this blog;), is mythology and the history of ancient civilizations. Specifically ancient Greece and Rome. I'm absolutely fascinated by the stuff.
And anyway I will stop rambling now and get to the point. Yesterday while on the Xena Message Board I found a great Yahoo article about a new archaeological find in Paris. And thought I would post the article here for anyone else interested.
By MARIE ZARKA, Associated Press Writer Sat. May 6
PARIS - Deep beneath pavement pounded by tourists on Paris' Left Bank lies an ancient path — a 2,000-year-old Roman road recently excavated during construction work.
Remnants of private houses rigged with baths and ingeniously heated floors were among the findings, now on view in a stunning dig. Over the next few weeks, however, archaeologists will rip up the ruins to make way for a research center.
The archeologists gradually remove every layer of ruins until they reach the geological stratum — the original ground — and eventually draw a chronological diagram.
"Excavating is destroying. We dig into historic layer after historic layer," said Didier Busson, scientific supervisor of the archaeological site. more.....
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