2,500-Year-Old Necropolis Discovered Under Italian Pasta Factory

Archeologists conducting preventative excavations ahead of an industrial expansion in southern Italy have discovered a well-preserved, 2,500-year-old necropolis. The news was first reported at a press conference held on July 15 by the Superintendency of Archaeology, Fine Arts and Landscape for the Metropolitan Area of Naples (Soprintendenza ABAP Napoli), which supervised the excavation.The cemetery, which was unearthed beneath the historic Garofalo pasta factory in Gragnano, near Naples, dates t