Excavations
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"Between the Janiculum and the Vatican Hill, beyond the gardens of Agrippina, are
excavations
from which stones and sand were taken to build the Circus of Nero.
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This is a documentary that came out of the splendid work of a Canadian landscape photographer whose interest has long been in the ravages left on earth by the
excavations
or buildings of man.
Its southwestern state of Kerala boasted a Roman port, Muziris, centuries before Jesus Christ was born;
excavations
are now revealing even more about its reach and influence.
Interestingly, an ivory statue of the Hindu goddess Lakshmi, dating back to the first century BC, was found during
excavations
of the ruins of Pompeii in southern Italy.
"And for the sake of archaeology, let's hope that sooner or later such
excavations
do take place, once new towns are settled on the isthmus after the Suez Canal has been cut through-- a canal, by the way, of little use to a ship such as the Nautilus!"
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