City walls of Ostia on Isola Sacra

Hi,

In case some of you missed the post on the project websites:

Some of the work we did on Isola Sacra is in today’s news, from Times of India to El Pais! It relates to the discovery that the city walls of Ostia incorporated a part of Isola Sacra, and did not end at the Tiber as previously believed. So the city was about 40% bigger than previously thought. Click on the images below for see more.

14_67 Newly discovered features at Ostia_2_Satellite imagery courtesy of Digital Globe Inc 14_67 Newly discovered features at Ostia_1_Satellite imagery courtesy of Digital Globe Inc

See also the latest post on the Project website for more info.

It’s nice to see that an announcement of an archaeological discovery can stir up a bit of a media storm!

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