I imagine archaeologists will descend on these agricultural fields like a plague of locusts, but stick around quite a bit longer. Story from Der Spiegel, image above from the accompanying photo gallery. Followup: More at NatGeo, with a better side-by-side comparison of the imagery with the conjectured structures and features of the city.
Friday, July 31, 2009
Roman City Rediscovered
Altinum, an important coastal trading city in the Roman empire, and a predecessor to Venice, has been (re)discovered, using filtered aerial imagery.
I imagine archaeologists will descend on these agricultural fields like a plague of locusts, but stick around quite a bit longer. Story from Der Spiegel, image above from the accompanying photo gallery. Followup: More at NatGeo, with a better side-by-side comparison of the imagery with the conjectured structures and features of the city.
I imagine archaeologists will descend on these agricultural fields like a plague of locusts, but stick around quite a bit longer. Story from Der Spiegel, image above from the accompanying photo gallery. Followup: More at NatGeo, with a better side-by-side comparison of the imagery with the conjectured structures and features of the city.
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