Re-creating the Colosseum’s iconic floor 

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Italian authorities are looking to redesign the iconic Colosseum floor after over a millennium of having a bare arena. The new design, which will be submitted by the beginning of February, is expected to be a historically accurate re-creation of the iconic arena. Host Marco Werman speaks to Paolo Carafa, a Roman archaeology professor at Sapienza University in Rome.

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