Alison Telfer reports on the excitement of her final week at Sant’ Omobono, Rome…
Not only have we reached the end of week seven and a depth of nearly six metres in trench D10 but, sadly, the end of the field season for 2013 at Sant ‘Omobono. It has been a truly amazing experience.
The remains of the Archaic temple revealed in the trench are extraordinary. Three levels of masonry and a foundation step have survived (visible in the top of the trench in the image below), each stone block cut with precision from volcanic rock, an engineering feat that would be a challenge to reconstruct today.
