• 1661:
Athanasius Kircher discovers the ruins of a church in
Rome said to have been constructed by the
Emperor Constantine on the site of
Saint Eustace's vision (later reconstructed as the
Santuario della Mentorella). • 1667: The
Capuan bust of Hannibal is found in
Capua, Italy. • 1669: One of a pair of gold
sun-discs from ca. 2500–2150 BCE is found at
Ballyshannon in Ireland. ==Events==