Archaeologists in Italy have uncovered more than two dozen beautifully preserved bronze statues dating back to ancient Roman times in thermal baths in Tuscany, in what experts are hailing as a sensational find.
“From the bottom of the pool at the lowest point of its monumental construction, 24 masterpieces of bronze statues between the 2nd and 1st centuries B.C. have re-emerged,” Jacopo Tabolli, an assistant professor from the University for Foreigners in Siena, who coordinated the dig, told Reuters on Tuesday, Nov. 8.
“It was in the sacred pool that Etruscans and Romans made votive offerings together. These statues bear inscriptions dedicated to the god of the spring both in Latin and Etruscan,” he said….