When Verica Ivanovic built their family home amid the devastation after the war, he used whatever materials he could find. Little did he know the bricks he found were from the ruins of the Roman Empire. The modern-day Serbian village of Stari Kostolac is on the outskirts of what was once a major Roman settlement, and the surrounding areas remain an archaeological gold mine full of ancient jewellery, artefacts and coins.

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