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Found In The Streets Of Rome

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Day
23
Month
November
Year
1892
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Public Domain
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In Rome the eighty-two miles of new streets made last year yielded the following "dugups:" 905 amphorae. 2,360 terra eotta lamps. 1,824 inscriptïons on marble. 77 columns of rare marble. 313 peces of columns. 157 marble capitals. 118 bases. 590 works of art in terra cotta. 540 works of art in bronze. 18 marble earcophagi. 152 bas-reliefs. 192 marble sataues. 21 marble figmres of animáis. 26C buets and beads. 54 pictures in polychrome mosaic. 47 objects of gold. 39 objects of silver. 36,679 coins. Even this astonishing list does not cover everything, but embraces those objects which were worthy of a place in the museums.

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Old News
Ann Arbor Courier