{"id":12331,"date":"2022-11-10T10:50:33","date_gmt":"2022-11-10T17:50:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/BigJimIndustries.com\/wordpress\/?p=12331"},"modified":"2022-12-03T10:54:41","modified_gmt":"2022-12-03T17:54:41","slug":"old-rome-reappearing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/2022\/11\/10\/old-rome-reappearing\/","title":{"rendered":"Old Rome Reappearing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

from The Charlotte Observer<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Roman ruins reappear from river in drought-stricken Europe almost 2,000 years later <\/p>\n\n\n\n

BY ASPEN PFLUGHOEFT<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Europe\u2019s drought and heatwave revealed an ancient Roman military camp complex, Aquis Querquennis, as water levels in the Lima River in Galicia, Spain, dropped. GALIDRONE Screengrab from Farodevigo’s Twitter<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Dropping water levels revealed a massive complex of Roman ruins in Spain as Europe continues to struggle under a record-breaking drought. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ancient Romans began construction on a military camp in what is now northwestern Spain, along the Lima River in Galicia, in about 75 AD, Spanish researchers wrote in a 2018 study. They abandoned the camp about a century later. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The remaining ruins became submerged after the construction of a dam in 1949 created the As Conchas reservoir, The Guardian reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But this summer, all droughts led to Rome. The ancient camp reappeared on the river bank \u2014 its entire ruined complex on display, drone footage posted on Aug. 26 by Faro de Vigo showed. Aerial photographs show a sprawling collection of neatly organized stone structures primarily made of gray-brown cobblestones. What\u2019s left of a wall runs around the smaller structures, water lapping at its edge. A once-grand entrance stands partially collapsed, almost welcoming the river that lies just beyond its doorway.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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