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Rome

Tiber embankment banks (eyes only)

Riverbank Documented siteRestricted

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

MarblesMarbles
Sea potterySea pottery

Also reported: eyes-only: Roman brick and tile, 19th-century rubbish exposed after floods.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0), NPS (Public domain).

Why this spot

The city's river for 2700 years; recent underwater surveys pulled hundreds of artifacts from its bed

Archaeological material in the Tiber is well documented by official surveys; bank walkers report brick, marble and sherd scatter after floods

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

Flash river risesSlick mud on travertine steps, isolated stretches after dark

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