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June 28, 2017

Rome subway crew uncovers ‘Pompeii-like scene'

  • Among the items found were a 1,800-year-old dog skeleton, furniture and frescoed wall fragments.
    • By FRANCES D'EMILIO
    Associated Press

    ROME — Digging for Rome's new subway has unearthed the charred ruins of an early 3rd-century building and the 1,800-year-old skeleton of a crouching dog that apparently perished in the same blaze that collapsed the structure.

    Archaeologists on Monday said they made the discovery on May 23 while examining a 33-foot-deep hole bored near the ancient Aurelian Walls as part of construction work for the Metro C line.


     
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