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The Motopompa and 4th of July

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July 5th 2009
Greetings all! Big week at Scavi! We've had serious rain problems nearly the entire time we've been here, and all the trenches in the main excavation area have been absolutely flooded, as in 60 cm of standing water. Bucket brigades have helped, but it's been taking way too much time, only to be thwarted the next day by more rain. In comes the motopompa. Our architect went to an interest ... read more

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Italy became a nation-state in 1861 when the city-states of the peninsula, along with Sardinia and Sicily, were united under King Victor EMMANUEL II. An era of parliamentary government came to a close in the early 1920s when Benito MUSSOLINI establis... ... read more