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...Canterbury (Roman Durovernum), many feet below the leveled shopping district, the diggers found a 3rd-Century mosaic floor, as perfect as when its Roman builders set down their tools 1,700 years ago. A more elaborate floor (see cut) showed up in Low Ham, Somerset, complete with prancing mosaic horsemen, naked ladies, and amorous Roman warriors...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Diggers, Jun. 24, 1946 | 6/24/1946 | See Source »

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