Top Ten Archaeology Stories of 2007

5. Sacred Cave of Rome's Founders Found, Scientists Say (January 26, 2007)
Archaeologists announced that they unearthed Lupercale—the sacred cave where, according to legend, a she-wolf nursed the twin founders of Rome and where the city itself was born.

Rome's Palatine Hill, once the home of the city's wealthiest and most influential residents, is now a warren of crumbling imperial palaces.

While working to restore the palace of Emperor Augustus, archaeologists recently came across a chamber they say is Lupercale—the sacred cave where a she-wolf is said to have suckled Romulus and Remus, the city's legendary founders.

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