Today we were to finish taking the soil down to the level we found the paving stones.
After taking the soil out, we found many large rocks along with bed rock. When digging around the stones I uncovered a lead pipe. We believe we have dug underneath the floor level. It would appear, given the plaster level on the wall, that we dug the soil about one foot beneath the floor. That would also explain why we found a lead drain pipe. The big stones are just foundation rocks for the floor.
In the room next to the one I was working on, two stone bowls and a bronze incense burner was found. They were all lying upright on the stone pavement like they had just been used. This was a very rare find. This is significant enough to be on the cover of an archaeology journal. I find it interesting that different civilizations will just build on top of each other. It is also interesting to see the differences between the building styles.
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