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Beneath Venice's wooden foundation pilings, archaeologists have found remnants of what earlier civilization's discarded material and vessels?
Answer
Ancient Roman trash heaps and shipwrecks
Venice's earliest builders drove wooden piles down into the lagoon's soft mud, which in places contained Roman-era debris and shipwreck remains that had accumulated over centuries before the city was founded.
💡 Did you know?
Venice's foundations rest on wooden pilings driven into Roman-era trash heaps and shipwrecks, naturally preserved by saltwater and anaerobic conditions.
Other options people guess
- Ancient Egyptian burial artifacts
- Bronze Age Minoan pottery kilns
- Medieval Viking longship graveyards
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- ancient-ruins
- archaeology
- coastal-cities
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