December 9, 2019

UNDER THE PAVEMENT

ALLEY STREET LAMP GROUND BELIEVE JUNE TUNNEL USE EAST EMPIRE OPEN PUGLIA WHILE DISCOVER

People walk through cities ___ day. They go down ___ and into markets, past ___ and signposts, but they ___n’t usually think about the ___ under the pavement. Well, ___ it or not, there ___ a world of secrets ___.

An Ancient Port
In ___ 2006, workers building a ___ in Istanbul, Turkey, discovered ___ port underground. It was ___ port of Theodosius from ___ 4th century AD. People ___ to call Istanbul Constantinople, ___ the Roman emperor Constantine ___ Great. Constantinople used to ___ the capital of the ___ part of the Roman ___.

History Under a Toilet
Lucian Faggiano wanted to ___ a restaurant in Lecce, ___, in the south of ___. A toilet in the ___ building didn’t work well. ___ trying to fix it, ___ and his two sons ___ an underground building from ___ the time of Jesus ___ well as an ancient Roman storage room and part of a convent. Faggiano’s building is now a museum.

A Secret Graveyard
   Work on a new train line in London uncovered a secret graveyard. According to experts, the people in the graveyard probably died around 1349. There was a terrible disease called the Black Death at the time. Around 75 million people died from the Black Death in the 14th century and people used to put the bodies in emergency graveyards.

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