(ANSA) - Rome, May 7 - Experts believe there is a new
'Pompeii' under Rome's Oppian Hill, near to the Colosseum,
Eleonora Ronchetti of the capital's superintendency said on
Monday.
"We believe that there could be a new Pompeii under the
Oppian Hill, as in many other parts of Rome, but at the moment
there do not seem to be the conditions to proceed with an
excavation," Ronchetti told the city's culture committee while
giving an opinion on a playground on the hill.
"It would cost several million euros to have an
archaeological excavation and ascertain the entity and the size
of the Baths of Titus, which are probably in the whole area".
New 'Pompeii' under Rome's Oppian Hill (2)
Millions needed for excavation says Ronchetti