This has been in the news recently, because they've just published photos from inside the cave where they sent a camera-probe.
And the consensus is.. they've found the freaking Lupercal Cave!
That link has some photos from inside the cave, showing its mosaics and marble and stonework inside. What's significant about the cave is not that it was actually the place where the she-wolf saved the twins Romy and Remy, but that the Romans kept it as a shrine, believing that it was. And, that Augustus, master of propaganda, built his home right next to it. The finding of the cave is awesome and huge, and I'm excited to see how the excavation turns out.
It doesn't prove that the myth is true (as the article seems to suggest) but it does give us a lot more information about Roman civilization!
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