March 1, 2005

Pot shards! Make up the trail we walk on.

Italy, Monte Testaccio, Rome, pot shards

March 1, 2005

Really. They're like woodchips.

Italy, Monte Testaccio, Rome, pot shards

March 1, 2005

A cold, sunny day and we're wandering around, freezing, on a hilltop in Rome.

Italy, Rome, Monte Testaccio, pot shards

March 1, 2005

. . . Led by Lynn Lancaster as tour guide.

Italy, Monte Testaccio, Rome, Lynn, pot shards

March 1, 2005

From around the Roman empire, vessels of oil (and fish paste?) arrived here as taxes. The vessels w...

Monte Testaccio, Rome, Italy, Lynn, George, Hilary, Ruth, Eve, Myke, Paul, Gail, AAR-people, pot shards

March 1, 2005

Hard to make out who's who, we're that bundled up.

Italy, Rome, Monte Testaccio, Gail, Paul, Myke, Eve, Ruth, George, Lynn, Hilary, AAR-people, pot shards

March 1, 2005

Italy, Rome, Monte Testaccio, Sarah, Gail, Myke, Paul, Ruth, AAR-people, pot shards

March 1, 2005

Found a large chunk, neck and an arm still intact.

Monte Testaccio, Rome, Italy, Me, pot shards

March 1, 2005

Snow-covered peaks in distance.

Rome, Monte Testaccio, Italy, view, buildings, view of Rome

March 1, 2005

Looking towards Pyramide, a few blocks away.

Monte Testaccio, Rome, Italy, view, view of Rome, buildings