Outside the museum is
a preserved excavation site that features the foundations of the many mansions that called this river plain home.
Not exact matches
The first
excavations of an amazingly well -
preserved archaeological
site offer an unprecedented glimpse into Bronze Age life in the British Isles
Today, most of the
sites are under
excavation and preservation, but some
sites like Cerros lack the funding needed to
preserve it.
Remarkably well -
preserved, the villa now has its own museum which allows visitors to walk through the remains and recreates the lifestyle and culture of the Roman era via displays of artefacts found at the
excavation site and interactive exhibits.
Benjamin Clement, the archaeologist leading the dig, described the
site as a «real little Pompeii», whose remains had been remarkably well
preserved, and the discovery as «undoubtedly the most exceptional
excavation of a Roman
site in 40 or 50 years».
This is an 8 month
excavation of a settlement at the
site that was destroyed by fire, causing it to collapse into a river channel,
preserving the contents in situ.