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Surprising discoveries from Gosposvetska cesta
In photographs and numbers
Recent archaeological excavations at Gosposvetska cesta comprised approximately 1360 hours of fieldwork. Around 1150 visitors were taken through the site in 66 guided tours.
![A decorated Roman glass chalice as found at the site of discovery.](/media/news/2018/10/25/1.jpg)
A decorated Roman glass chalice as found at the site of discovery. © Matija Lukić
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![A 4th-century bone hairpin.](/media/cache/41/84/418485022abbfe14f229188a55d63959.jpg)
![A 4th-century fibula. Such clasps were used by members of the Roman army to fasten outer garments.](/media/cache/d7/c2/d7c29fe769336ce5b60545fdcb35706e.jpg)
![Multicoloured glass beads discovered in one of the remains of 4th-century graves.](/media/cache/5d/b0/5db082b3fe4a445efcfbf6a1ca93a3ab.jpg)
![A 4th-century Roman coin. The obverse side portrays a personification of the city of Rome, and the reverse side features the she-wolf with twins Romul and Rem who, in the Roman mythology, are believed to have founded Rome. With such coins, Constantine the Great wanted to celebrate the foundation of Constantinople as the new capital of the Roman Empire, while also reinforcing Rome as its traditional centre.](/media/cache/2f/19/2f194f03f42c4f73a174e3997e2c00a2.jpg)
![View of the part of the cemetery that used to be situated inside the church complex and where the wealthiest members of the early Christian community in Emona were buried.](/media/cache/b2/b4/b2b404aaa6c3711063db54e34f2f89d7.jpg)
![A golden necklace with glass beads. The item was discovered in one of the simple 4th-century graves.](/media/cache/8b/0e/8b0e64c75ad19e209e851c740043c22c.jpg)
![Chunky gold and jet bracelets and a golden ring with a precious inlaid stone. The jewellery was worn by a deceased woman who had been buried in one of the 4th-century sarcophaguses.](/media/cache/c1/1c/c11cfc097274f07f453dc3fbf8551053.jpg)
![A glass bowl with decorations inlaid in a high relief and a toast inscribed in Greek. The bowl belonged to a deceased woman buried in the central sarcophagus of the cemetery what was later the location of the cemetery church.](/media/cache/50/ee/50ee13853960a1d187e638a9c2556e8a.jpg)
![View of the part of the cemetery that used to be situated inside the church complex and where the wealthiest members of the early Christian community in Emona were buried.](/media/cache/9a/ba/9aba10cc9743c274eef8d349d9f53417.jpg)