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It looks there are about 4-5 feet of earth of the mosaics. I know it has been thousands of years, but where did the earth come from? Did it move there naturally
by irrational 6y ago
It looks there are about 4-5 feet of earth of the mosaics. I know it has been thousands of years, but where did the earth come from? Did it move there naturally from some place higher up? Is it flood debris from a nearby river? Was it placed there by people?
- delcaran 6y agoAfter the collapse of the Empire, Roman building where stripped and left to rot, floors where covered with dirt for making crops or just for hiding pagan images.
- NiceWayToDoIT 6y agoI am also amazed by amount of dirt, not by the fact it is covered (it came by process of top soil formation ); but by the sheer amount of it. If that was just after 2-3 thousand years, it makes me wonder what other things can we dig which are much deeper? But again not prehistoric kind of deep, more in range of last million years.
- sjg007 6y agoUmm fossils maybe?
- Bayart 6y agoThere's no rubble over the floor so it's most likely silt or mud from flooding/mud slide.