Show TT find large pre roman city U S scientists make important find in italy rome amerlean american scientific skill has unearthed at Min minturno a 0 vast pre roman city four times as large as pompeii it has priceless treasures in art and incalculable contributions to the knowledge of pre christian times the excavations are being conducted by an american expedition under the auspices of the university ot of pennsylvania and headed by dr jotham johnson of philadelphia precious objects of unknown val ue are yet expected to be found in the necropolis polls of this buried city where the tombs are filled filed with rich treasure in gold and precious stones so the arch eolo ests believe after an inspection of the city with others doctor johnson described the great temples and ancient public buil buildings dingi which be had bad so far brought to light the city of dates back to the fifth century C B 0 said doctor johnson we have discovered works of art from that tar far distant period which shows a greek influence the city evidently was brought under roman domination about the third century B 0 and from then on until the tenth century it suffered many changes probably it embraced christianity about the fifth century the concession to conduct esca lations in italy was the first grunted granted a foreign organization in thirty years alle while the territory assigned to the expedition is regarded as one of the richest in the field of archeology archaeology arche the buried city Is located ninety miles from rome and was touched by the ancient way several hundred yards of which the expedition has uncovered in its original f form 0 rm with the bis ba flagstones flag stones of roman roads doctor johnson exhibited a greek market place which he said was unique in the world and that such a find did not exist so far as was known even in greece itself iest lf we have uncovered fifteen con coa said doctor johnson Jo linson sonie of the city walls must he of the fifth century B C while there are others of the fourth there Is a colonnade of the late fourth century it IS 0 and three temples of the third and first centuries 13 C there Is a temple of the period of augustus another temple Is of the period of sulla alth a tremendous sanctuary wall there Is a second century A D fountain or water clock there are the huge amphitheater shipyards and docks ant and the aqueduct the latter standing above the ground for centuries |