''Today, after weeks of landfill movements completely devoid of archaeological finds, Parco Scott gave us a great surprise: a life-size marble statue which, due to the presence of the club and the leontè - the lion's skin covering his head - we can certainly identify with a character dressed as Hercules.
Thanks to the archaeologist Federica Acierno who is following the excavations''.
The Appia Antica Archaeological Park writes it on Facebook, which reports that in the Scott Park area, between the Cristoforo Colombo and the Via Appia Antica, Acea Gruppo with Bacino Sud SRL, has been working on a construction site for several months for a difficult revision and reclamation of the sewage duct.
It happened that ''in several points the collapse of the old pipeline, dating back to the last century, had in fact led to the opening of dangerous chasms in the Park and landslides of the hill.
A large and complex intervention was therefore necessary which involved large movements of earth and which will be followed by a complete restoration of the altimetric profile of the area and the planting of new trees as agreed with the Appia Antica Regional Park''.
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Now therefore ''at the second mile of the Via Appia Antica and the excavation works, which have reached a height of no less than 20 meters below the level of the walking surface, have been constantly followed by an archaeologist, coordinated by the officials of the Appian Archaeological Park Ancient''.
And today the splendid discovery of the statue of Hercules.