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by mycall 1724 days ago
I'm sure there are tons of old writings buried in Rome. They just kept building on up of the old city.
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A while ago there were reports that they try to restore papyri-turned-charcoal from Pompeyi.

The problem with books buried in Rome is, that Rome isn't exactly a desert with natural conditions to preserve books.