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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Via AP news wire

New archaeological museum contains original marble map from Ancient Rome

Visitors can literally walk over the map at the Archaeological Park of the Celio - (Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)

Rome authorities this month opened a new archaeological park and museum in the shadow of the Colosseum that features an original marble map of Ancient Rome that visitors can literally walk over.

The opening of the Archaeological Park of the Celio and the new Museum of the Forma Urbis is part of a bigger project to develop the hilly area around the Roman Forum, Palatine Hill and Colosseum that is home to ruins of ancient temples and gymnasiums.

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