"GLORY THAT WAS ROME."
TRACES OF ANCIENT CITY.
By IVissraph—Press Association—Copyright. (Received January 6. 10.55 p.m.)
Rome, January 5. With regard to the discovery of the seat of the city founded by Romulus, a sh:tft was sunk In the summit of the Palatine. The serrchers discovered the mundus sacred to Dig and Prosperine covered by a square rough slab of tufa, pierced with two round holes, and a vaulted granary. The mundus was the innermost shrine, the holiest centre, of the ancient religion.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LI, Issue 15500, 6 January 1914, Page 7
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