ANCIENT RUINS
Sardinian Discovery (N.Z. Press Assn.—Copyright) CAGLIARI (Sardinia), October 4. Archaeologists have announced an historic discovery—the first Carthaginian fortress found in Italy since the destruction of the Carthaginian Empire more than 2000 years ago. Experts said they had uncovered ruins of walls four yards thick, with two towers and a central strong-point west of Cagliari on the south coast of Sardinia.
A statue, coins, earthenware and bronze inscriptions were found within the perimeter of the ruins. Professor Ferruccio Barreca, the director of archaeological works in the area for the Italian Institute of Fine Arts, said it was the only Carthaginian fortress known to have been found in Sardinia ' after the ancient Romans destroyed the great maritime empire, in the fourth century B.C.
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Press, Volume CIII, Issue 30563, 5 October 1964, Page 14
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