Archaeologists excavating in Rome's
Piazza Augusto Imperatore have found an intact marble head, Rome
Mayor Roberto Gualtieri announced on Facebook on Thursday.
"Rome continues to return precious testimonies of its past: a
splendid marble head, intact, has just been found during the
works underway in Piazza Augusto Imperatore, overseen by the
City Superintendent's office for Cultural Heritage," said
Gualtieri.
"Archaeologists and restorers are now busy cleaning and studying
the find," he added.
The gathered hair and delicate features would suggest the marble
head is of a young woman.
Piazza Augusto Imperatore is the site of the Mausoleum built by
the Roman Emperor Augustus in 28 BC and of the Ara Pacis
Augustae, or Altar of Augustan Peace, consecrated in 9 BC to
honor of the return four years previously of the emperor from
military campaigns in Gaul and Spain.
The square has been the subject of excavations and urban
requalification projects for many years.
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