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What is the Forma Urbis Romae or Severan Marble Plan?
What is the Forma Urbis Romae or Severan Marble Plan?
- A computer program devised by American researchers.
- A collection of Roman artifacts found in a museum basement.
- A giant jigsaw puzzle made of marble slabs depicting ancient Rome. (correct)
- A modern archaeological tool used for excavation.
Why is the Forma Urbis Romae considered one of classical archaeology's great unsolved problems?
Why is the Forma Urbis Romae considered one of classical archaeology's great unsolved problems?
- Because it contains encrypted messages that are yet to be deciphered.
- Because it is made of material not easily scannable by computers.
- Because no one knows where the map was originally located in ancient Rome.
- Because it has hundreds of missing fragments that have never been found. (correct)
In what state is the Forma Urbis Romae currently?
In what state is the Forma Urbis Romae currently?
- Smashed and fragmented in a museum's basement. (correct)
- Partially scanned and stored in a computer database.
- Fully intact and displayed in a museum.
- Lost and waiting to be discovered by archaeologists.
What role did Cardinal Alessandro Farnese play in relation to the Forma Urbis Romae?
What role did Cardinal Alessandro Farnese play in relation to the Forma Urbis Romae?
What methods do archaeologists still rely on despite modern technology like computers and x-rays?
What methods do archaeologists still rely on despite modern technology like computers and x-rays?
What approach did American researchers take to try to reconstruct the Forma Urbis Romae?
What approach did American researchers take to try to reconstruct the Forma Urbis Romae?
What did the Italian Giovanni Belzoni admit to doing in his research?
What did the Italian Giovanni Belzoni admit to doing in his research?
Why did Sir Leonard Woolley fill a small hole with liquid plaster during his excavation in the royal cemetery?
Why did Sir Leonard Woolley fill a small hole with liquid plaster during his excavation in the royal cemetery?
What major advancement transformed the study of the past in the late 1940s according to the text?
What major advancement transformed the study of the past in the late 1940s according to the text?
How did Willard Libby's invention of radiocarbon dating impact archaeology?
How did Willard Libby's invention of radiocarbon dating impact archaeology?
What is the significance of carbon-14 in radiocarbon dating?
What is the significance of carbon-14 in radiocarbon dating?
How do archaeologists create a 3-D picture of a site through time?
How do archaeologists create a 3-D picture of a site through time?
What does ground penetrating radar help archaeologists to detect underground?
What does ground penetrating radar help archaeologists to detect underground?
What is the primary purpose of mapping a site into small squares during an archaeological dig?
What is the primary purpose of mapping a site into small squares during an archaeological dig?
What factor determines the placement of younger remains compared to older ones at a dig site?
What factor determines the placement of younger remains compared to older ones at a dig site?
What makes radiocarbon dating unreliable according to the text?
What makes radiocarbon dating unreliable according to the text?
