3,500 mural pieces recovered at Roman theater in southern Spain
STORY: 3,500 mural pieces recovered at Roman theater in southern Spain
DATELINE: April 17, 2023
LENGTH: 00:00:40
LOCATION: Madrid
CATEGORY: CULTURE
SHOTLIST:
1. various of the excavation site
2. various of the archaeologists and mural pieces
STORYLINE:
A team of archaeologists working on excavations in the portico of the Roman theater in Cartagena, southern Spain, has recovered a total of 3,500 pieces of the large murals that decorated one of the walls of the monument.
The researchers say that the pictorial groups found in the building are among the best preserved in the entire Roman Empire.
This Roman theater in Cartagena is one of the largest in the Iberian Peninsula, with a capacity for 7,000 spectators. And it shows how important the city of Cartagena was to the Romans.
Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Madrid.
(XHTV)
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- 2023/4/17 00:00:00
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- Xinhua / Kyodo News Images
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