BULGARIA'S ARCHAEOLOGISTS BULLETIN : PRECIS

 

Archaeologists in Bulgaria made an unexpected discovery in an ancient Roman sewer last week : A well-preserved marble statue taller than a man.

'' We found it by accident,'' said Lyudmil Vagalinski, the scientific director of the excavation. ''It was amazing. A whole statue appeared in front of us.''

The discovery could illuminate how people in the area, modern-day Bulgaria, fought to preserve their religion as Christianity swept across the ancient world.

The sewer may have been a hiding place used by pagans trying to protect the imposing statue from Christian zealots, who sometimes destroyed the heads of pagan deities.

The World Students Society thanks Amelia Nierenberg.