Workers renovating major city street stumble on ancient discovery buried 20 feet below

Workers renovating a bustling city boulevard stumbled across a piece of the ancient past — a cache of pottery dating back roughly 1,000 years.

The discovery was made amid ongoing excavations in Tbilisi, the capital city of Georgia in the Caucasus region, south of Russia.

The artifacts were found roughly 20 feet beneath Rustaveli Avenue, Tbilisi’s main thoroughfare.

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Pictures show archaeologists examining the intricately decorated pottery fragments, as well as centuries-old jugs and various shards.

The roadwork is part of a larger project to upgrade Rustaveli Avenue with new...