This is an amazing find beneath an Italian vineyard
By Julia – 23/12/2022

In 2020, when digging at a vineyard in northern Italy, archeologists
made a massive discovery.

Accordingly, they uncovered a near-perfectly preserved mosaic floor fated to be from 3rd century BC, likely the foundation of some kind of Ancient Roman villa.

Traces of the ancient estate had been found already in 1922 in Negrar di Valpolicella, near Verona. However, it was almost a century before scientists returned to the area.

”Archaeologists have been looking for this mosaic since at least 1922,” Alberto Manicardi, head of operations for the dig near the town of Negrar says,

“We knew it was there but were not able to exactly locate it.”

According to Camilla Madinelli of the local newspaper L’Arena, a team from the Superintendent of Archaeology, Fine Arts and Landscape of Verona had begun digging in the area before the ᴄ.ᴏ.ᴠ.ɪ.ᴅ-𝟷𝟿 ᴘᴀɴᴅᴇᴍɪᴄ originally hit.

Source: Comune di Negrar di Valpolicella
The Guardian reported that the team made the largest discovery yet just a week after returning to the site.
In a public statement, local authorities noted that: