Excavation of Rome home shows city bigger than thought

Phys dot org ^ | September 9, 2015 | unattributed

[SunkenCiv]

:’) City of the dead, iow, a cemetery, but heavy on the roofed tombs.

http://www.google.com/search?q=tombs+along+the+appian+way&sa=X&oi=image_result_group&tbm=isch

[berdie]

:)

No prob. I always like the articles you post.

[EVO X]

Another issue could be volcanic upwelling although that it more common down around Naples.

[mbj]

Seriously, this is where the dirt comes from -

http://www.universetoday.com/94392/getting-a-handle-on-how-much-cosmic-dust-hits-earth/

[Cronos]

I've been there 4 times -- the last in 2009 for 10 days. And I still found new things to see, small vignettes.

Rome is incredible, incredible -- everyone must see it at least once