Word: graffiti
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Experts believed that the world's loss would not be too great. The finds mostly corroborated evidence unearthed at other sites. Most significant discovery: remnants of the Servian wall, built in 387 B.C., which gave new clues to the urban layout of early Rome. Most interesting discovery: extensive graffiti (scurrilous wall scribblings) in the brothels-some in parody of Virgil and Horace, some in Greek. Said one delighted archeologist: the "richest collection" of classic wall pornography ever. The archeologists buried most of the collection again, under lock...