November
03
/ 2024
It was more than four decades ago that archaeologists first unearthed the remains of the large Roman villa complex at Hechingen-Stein in southwestern Germany. Yet as excavations have continued at this site for the past three decades, more and more fascinating artifacts have been found that shed new light on the way elite Romans lived in the early part of the first millennium. During the most recent round of excavations at this Roman open-air museum, something truly remarkable was discovered on estate grounds. These were more than 100 pieces of fragmented stone blocks from what would have once been a large votive (religious) monument that was constructed by the owner of the villa approximately 1,800 years ago. The Museum That
