Word of the Day

Spolia:

Some of the most interesting of the Nimes tombs are made of reclaimed materials, or spolia, from the ruins of an older Roman necropolis that once lined a main road south fo the city. [“Memento Mori“, Jarrett A. Lobell, Archaeology (March/April, 2017), print only.]

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