Scaevola Posted February 14, 2005 Report Share Posted February 14, 2005 "Traces of a royal palace discovered in the Roman Forum have been dated to roughly the period of the eternal city's legendary foundation. Andrea Carandini, a professor of archaeology at Rome's Sapienza University who has been conducting excavations at the Forum for more than 20 years, said he made the discovery over the past month at the spot where the Temple of Romulus stands today." from the AP news site. This could be interesting if this is a palace structure dating from 8th century BCE. Might not be Romulus and Remus, but it would show that the early city was more sophisticated than currently thought. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skel Posted February 16, 2005 Report Share Posted February 16, 2005 saw that in my newspaper this morning.. interesting... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ursus Posted February 17, 2005 Report Share Posted February 17, 2005 I think myths often have some iota of truth to them. The Trojan War was once thought complete fiction until archaeology proved there was some kind of historical backdrop for it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lastman456 Posted February 17, 2005 Report Share Posted February 17, 2005 The growing evidence lately seems to show that there was a rather advanced notion of civilization before the times that have generally been agreed to up till now. Where did theses more sophisticated wayfarers get their ideas and routines and skills. I love archeology precisely because events like these push the boundries further back and unveil even more mysteries to be solved. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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