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Divers Discover Mesmerizing Roman Mosaic Beneath the Sea

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Found near Naples, the marble slabs once adorned a villa in a city known as the Las Vegas of the Roman Empire

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Archaeology or archeology[a] is the study of human activity through the recovery and analysis of material culture. The archaeological record consists of artifacts, architecture, biofacts or ecofacts, sites, and cultural landscapes.

Archaeology has various goals, which range from understanding culture history to reconstructing past lifeways to documenting and explaining changes in human societies through time.

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