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Title: Roman road found under Venice lagoon
Post by: Duncan Head on July 23, 2021, 12:03:52 PM

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jul/23/ancient-roman-road-and-dock-discovered-in-venice-lagoon

Title: Re: Roman road found under Venice lagoon
Post by: stevenneate on July 24, 2021, 03:26:40 AM

Here's the full article:
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-021-92939-w (https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-021-92939-w)

Those Romans - is there anywhere they couldn't, or wouldn't, go to build a road?

Title: Re: Roman road found under Venice lagoon
Post by: Imperial Dave on July 24, 2021, 06:52:02 AM

that's a heck of a report although I had to switch my brain on somewhat to convert the roman numerals used to denote centuries :-[

Title: Re: Roman road found under Venice lagoon
Post by: Duncan Head on July 24, 2021, 10:38:56 AM

Thanks, Steve. The range of techniques used in archaeological investigations these days is absolutely mind-boggling - "virtual tidal stations"!

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