Antonio Nibby (October 4, 1792 at Rome – December 29, 1839 at Rome) was an Italian archaeologist and topographer. Nibby was a professor of archaeology in the University of Rome and in the French Academy in Rome. He was an expert in the topography of ancient Rome and its hinterland. Nibby excavated in the area of the Forum Romanum from 1827, and cleared the Cloaca Maxima in 1829.
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Cloaca Maxima in the context of Shrine of Venus Cloacina
The Shrine of Venus Cloacina (Sacellum Cloacinae or Sacrum Cloacina) was a small sanctuary on the Roman Forum, honoring the divinity of the Cloaca Maxima, the "Great Drain" or sewer of Rome. Cloacina, the Etruscan goddess associated with the entrance to the sewer system, was later identified with the Roman goddess Venus for unknown reasons, according to Pliny the Elder.