City of the dead found in Rome

Workers renovating a rugby stadium in Rome have uncovered a vast complex of tombs beneath the Italian capital which mimic the houses and streets of a real city.

Workers renovating a rugby stadium in Rome have uncovered a vast complex of tombs beneath the Italian capital which mimic the houses and streets of a real city.

Culture Ministry officials said today that medieval pottery shards in the city of the dead show the area may have been inhabited by the living during the Dark Ages after being used for centuries for burials during the Roman period.

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