2 minutes ago2000-year-old marble head discovered by the first emperor of Rome
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(5 years ago)The 2,000-year-old marble head of Rome's first emperor, Augustus, was discovered in the Italian city of Isernia. During restoration work to repair a medieval wall that collapsed due to heavy rains in 2013, archaeologist Francis Gianco Giancoola made the discovery of this head, which he immediately acknowledged [...]
During restoration jobs to repair a medieval wall that collapsed due to heavy rains in 2013, archaeologist Francis Giancoola made the discovery of this head, which he quickly claimed belonged to Agusus.
And as we were digging behind the wall, I saw that the ground changed color, so we continued digging with a precise meter and a marble block came out. I immediately saw that it was a head that I recognized belonged to a August statue because of the hair and shape and the cutting of the eyes”, he said.
As CNN writes, the dig also revealed empty medieval graves and terkote objects, said town mayor Giacomo DneApolonio.
