Subway digging uncovers ‘Pompeii-like scene’ in Rome

Digging for Rome’s new subway has unearthed the charred ruins of a third-century building and the 1,800-year-old skeleton of a dog that apparently perished in a fire. Archaeologists on Monday said they made the discovery on May 23 while examining a 10-metre-deep hole bored as part of construction work for the Metro C line. “A Pompeii-like scene” was how the Culture Ministry described the findings that evoked comparisons to the inhabitants trapped by the 79 A.D. Vesuvius volcanic explosion and preserved for centuries in the ruins of Pompeii.