Surprising Finds from Rome's New Subway

Doing any construction in Rome must be a nightmare. Every shovel is full of history.

I love that they displayed the artifacts in the metro station. Great way to modernize the city while respecting the past.

I was in Rome last February, and visited the forum. The clash between the ancient ruins and the Line C construction was... something else.

I remember a history professor in the 70s telling us about how hard it was to build a subway in Rome. It was the same story, they kept hiding ancient stuff.

Wow! That has to be the most academically stimulating underground metro station in the world haha! My wife, an archaeologist herself here in Australia, did the very same type of work here in Melbourne. Great care needed to be taken every square foot. For us here, it was a big deal as they pinned down the home of the founder of the city when a new metro station was built. But the contrast in age always tickles her. The best she can hope for is material from the last decade of the 18th century haha. When in Rome, good lord! Edit: One of my go to channels. I'm a PhD myself and it's super hard to find documentaries or channels online anywhere that do the past justice. It's infuriating. Audiences deserve more and you deliver. Good on you Doc, keep it up.

wow, the artifacts on display in the metro are insanely cool

It's extraordinary how much work goes into simple construction. In Rome (and other ancient cities) you have to essentially be an archeologist.

The other two toldinstone channels should have way more subscribers

Beautiful subway station with such an amazing museum! Rome is so full of history and art it’s hard to build modern things but this is very well done!

The train station is more like a museum, I will probably be stuck in the station for more than half a day.. 😂👍

New Zealander here! What an incredible city Rome is! Such HUGE expanses of ancient history, waiting to be dug up with every digger-bucket-full! New Zealand is such a young country and I'm hugely envious of the ancient culture of Rome and Italy! Greece too!

Mexico City had similar problems when building the Metro. They, too, placed artifacts in the stations. It’s wonderful. And a very well thought out system to get around the city.

I guess building in Rome is an nightmare. You dig a hole and something ancient appears stalling your project. Happens in Cologne too.

if you happen to travel to Rome next year (we don't know the exact opening dates yet sadly, but they'll be available as the stations get closer to completion, they'll open probably around next summer if i had to guess), you'll be able to visit the two new stations of Fori Imperiali (which crosses with line B) and Porta Metronia. Both these stations, aswell as the future Venezia station will be, like San Giovanni, museum-stations and you'll be able to see all their findings for free on the ground level and only paying a ticket fare's worth for everything beyond that.

Great stuff. Love these vids. Keep ‘em coming!

It’s so wonderful to see a modern culture doing what should be done. Another reason to love the Italians. Further, I really enjoyed this update by you. More please.

Rome is just an amazing city. I was there some years ago and it's almost overwhelming with the history all around. You walk through it, over it, under it. I realize that residents, going about their day to day business can't be constantly gaping at what is all around them every day, but what a fascinating and wonderful place to be.

What a cool way to decorate the station with artifacts found during excavation.

Marvelous video. Thank you!

Fascinating! And I really enjoy your more relaxed narration. It gives me a better idea of what a tour with you would be like! ❤