Roman floor mosaics brought to light at Negrar di Valpolicella, Verona

Archaeology News Network ^ | May 26, 2020 | editors

[Tahoe3002]

Mr. Wolfe: “Amazing. What’ll they dig up next?”

Jimmy Hoffa?

[Hieronymus]

A friend of Bill’s.

[hal ogen]

Very cool. The source article has more examples of what was unearthed.

[wildcard_redneck]

”Finding more beautiful things the Romans built to last the ages.“

In 2000 years people of the future will have a hard time finding anything of our society. The way we build with concrete and rebar is not long lasting. The rebar rusts and splits the concrete apart. Alcatraz prison is a perfect example.

[wildcard_redneck]

”It’s beautiful, but why bury it underground?

The dirt that has accumulated over the mosaic is the result of deposition over 1800 years from windblown soil, livestock manure, trash, dead vegetation, knocked-down buildings, etc.

For example in London the Roman level is typically 30 feet below the current ground level. The same is true for the city of Rome as well.

[BobL]

I know...I was just having fun, and you forgot a BIG ONE - volcanic eruptions.

[cicero2k]

We got to actually walk on the tiles at a 3rd century villa in Sicily last year. 35 million tiles. Late empire money escaping Rome, as they could see the handwriting on the walls.

[tet68]

In 2000 years people, probably archeologists, will be
looking at the huge circular T shaped pillars and
wonder why we called them intersections...

[Grimmy]

That’s so odd.

Why’d the Romans pave the bottom of a deep trench with mosaics?

[Mashood]

Yummm...Valpolicella and Bardolino....

[wildcard_redneck]

You are right about volcanos, it is Italy after all.

[oldvirginian]

“And here I can barely get a kitchen floor to last 15 years.”

Makes two of us.
If I get 15 years out of a floor I consider it a minor miracle. :(

[oldvirginian]

“Alcatraz prison is a perfect example.”

Disposable buildings that are ugly as sin. If researchers come across pictures of our buildings 2000 years from now their commentary will be about how the architects of today had no vision of beauty. My opinion anyway.

[Reily]

Agree completely!

[wildcard_redneck]

You were right about the buildings today being soulless and ugly. Modern architects are under the spell of the ‘New Brutalism’ movement. This was done on purpose to the West.

Every one of these monstrous buildings show be torn down.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brutalist_architecture

[BEJ]

Beautiful!

[EvilCapitalist]

I’ve gotten 10 years so far out of my bathroom floor. I put down porcelain tiles.

[NativeSon]

I just commented to my Wife that they (Romans) make me look really bad in the “home improvements area”.

[Redcitizen]

Eh, whats a few hundred years between FRiends. :)

[oldvirginian]

Ugly buildings brought to us by socialist sympathizers who wanted the whole world to look like their souls: ugly, barren, tasteless.
These buildings do brutalize the senses. Agree with tearing them all down.