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To: NYer
In Rome there’s a five-acre, 160-foot-high hill, Monte Testaccio, that consists entirely of shattered amphorae, mostly 18-gallon olive oil jars from Spain.

I just read a little more about this. Absolutely amazing.


8 posted on 03/20/2014 4:16:24 PM PDT by Straight Vermonter (Posting from deep behind the Maple Curtain)
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To: Straight Vermonter

Thanks for the ping! I’ve traveled many times to Rome but missed this.


9 posted on 03/20/2014 4:21:58 PM PDT by NYer ("You are a puff of smoke that appears briefly and then disappears." James 4:14)
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