With a post on his Facebook profile, Rome Mayor Roberto Gualtieri announced the discovery of a large marble head under the square of the Forum of Trajan.
“During the excavations in Via Alessandrina - started by the Capitoline Superintendence for Cultural Heritage last November thanks to Pnrr funds - a large marble head has re-emerged: a male face, with thick hair and intense expression, which for centuries has been guarded by time under the square of the Forum of Trajan. It is a fascinating discovery from the heart of imperial Rome, in an area where once stood the imposing Porticus Trisigmentata, with monolithic columns nearly 12 meters high. It has resurfaced from a medieval layer, rich in ancient materials, like a fragment of memory resurfacing to tell us something again.”
Archaeologists are working to identify its identity. And stresses the mayor, “Rome continues to give us unique emotions that bind us to the past and project us into the future with even more pride.” “It never ceases to amaze. Beneath our steps, every day, lives a millennial history that continues to excite the world,” he concludes.
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