Roman city mapped, no digging required
Archaeologists have mapped a full ancient city with ground-penetrating radar. Falerii Novi, a 30-hectare settlement near Rome that was occupied between 241 BC and AD 700, is now almost entirely buried under agricultural land. The team towed their radar antennas with a quad bike. Their finds include a mysterious public monument — possibly linked to pre-Roman religions — and an extensive network of water pipes that was evidently planned and laid before the city was built. The non-invasive technique has a lot of potential, says archaeologist Martin Millett. “As I wander around the Roman empire, I look at all kinds of places and think, ‘Wow, what we could do there.’”
The Guardian | 5 min readReference: Antiquity paper
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