Archaeologists in Israel said they've discovered a footprint
from the sandal of a Roman soldier during an excavation of the
ancient city of Hippos. The print, made by a hobnailed sandal
called a caliga that was worn by Roman soldiers, was found in a
wall that surrounded the city by Arthur Segal from the Zinman
Institute of Archaeology at the University of Haifa in
conjunction with archaeologists from the Polish Academy of
Sciences and Concordia University in St. Paul, Minn. "This rare
footprint, which is complete and well preserved, hints at who
built the walls, how and when," said Michael Eisenberg of the
Zinman Institute. The ancient city of Hippos overlooking the Sea
of Galilee was destroyed by an earthquake in the year 749.
Excavations this year have uncovered the city's colonnaded
street, a marble-paneled bathhouse, a glass bottle with an
embossed face and part of a marble statue. Copyright 2007 by
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