Ancient paving stones have been revealed after a giant sinkhole opened unexpectedly outside the Pantheon in Rome - usually teeming with tourists.
The eight-foot deep and 10-foot long hole suddenly appeared on a Sunday afternoon last month in the cobblestoned visitor hotspot Piazza della Rotunda.
A potential catastrophe was avoided as the area is currently closed off to pedestrians due to the coronavirus lockdown but at the height of summer season would have been full of people, reports The Local Italy.
The natural phenomenon has, however, given the people of Rome a glimpse of what the streets looked like around the iconic Catholic church - formerly a Roman temple - as far back as 27BC when it was first constructed.