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This where I live - Unitof1 - 20th November 2009
Archeology
The land is famed for its Blue Grottos, which were created by the Etruscans. It has the Serpents Grotto and the Roman Gallery which is a Roman tunnel that connects the town of Ponza to the large sandy beach called Chiaia di Luna on its west side. The island has many archeological ruins visible all over. There are Egyptian, Canaanite, Greek, and Phoenician Necropoli ruins at the middle of the island. There are Etruscan ruins on parts of the island jumbled with Roman ruins. A large statue that was found in the harbour called Il Mamozio ("The Mummy") or Il Mitreo, meaning Miter or priests hat, is a 3,000 year old marble statue . The statue is now displayed in a museum in Napoli behind protected plastic and was reunited with its head. The statue is of a local governor. It is the oldest Etruscan statue of its kind.
Many landowners on Ponza digging in their gardens, often find Etruscan and Roman artifacts that are quite valuable and unique, like ornate frescoes or tiled floors or marble or bronze statues. These are often covered up and kept secret forever by the landowners, as the Italian government would find out and confiscate the whole property and nearby adjacent properties. The existing Italian Antiquities Laws clearly states that when such artifacts are found, the land must be automatically bought and owned by Italy, so that the residents should have to move out and the modern buildings there be torn down, so that Archaeologists can dig and find even more ancient artifacts. This law causes these discoveries to be kept secret, discouraging Archaeological science. Thousands of landowners there are secretly keeping these treasures buried and hidden and in secret until they die and their children are also unwilling to lose their land.
This where I live - Unitof1 - 20th November 2009
Thousands of landowners there are secretly keeping these treasures buried and hidden and in secret until they die and their children are also unwilling to lose their land.
i think this is evidence that they are british landowners