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Archaeologists Found the Remains of an Ancient Roman Arts District Buried Underground

created: Aug. 4, 2025, 12:30 p.m. | updated: Aug. 8, 2025, 6:12 p.m.

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story:Archaeologists working in the ancient Roman city of Suasa discovered a “main street” full of pottery and coin production. The research team said that the find includes an “extraordinary quantity of coins” alongside nearly intact vases. Researchers are calling the impressively large area a “production district.”The ancient Roman city of Suasa may have contained one of Italy’s first—and largest—arts districts. Archaeologists uncovered what they deem a “large production district” that spanned a main street just outside the city center and featured buildings once used for the creation of coins and pottery dipping 16 feet into the ground. It seems that those leaving the city didn’t take their coins and vases with them.

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