It seems that they're finding a lot of different buildings and artifacts of historical importance underground in Rome, and I was just wondering how those got all the way below the surface. Evidently, sediment doesn't shift very much in Rome as buildings from the 1500s and such are still standing, so how did these ancient structures get down there?
The answer by /u/kookingpot over on this thread: Why does so much archaeology end up underground? : AskHistorians (reddit.com) is really good.