Picture from the artnet article.
artnet has a story about the discovery of a large unknown Roman city in Spain. An entire Roman city has been discovered by Archaeologists from the University of Zaragoza in Spain. The location is just outside the small town of Artieda in Aragon. The remains include stunning motifs of shells, scallops and seahorses. Hopefully, we will get more details of this discovery soon!
Until now, researchers thought this 10-acre expanse was home to several separate archaeological sites, including the Hermitage of San Pedro and Rein. El Forau de la Tuta is the name for everything now, since the team realized they’re all one interconnected city.
Research remains ongoing, but 13 experts from the university recently released a report on the project’s findings so far. According to an English translation, their involvement started in 2018, when Artieda’s city council contacted the University of Zaragoza out of concern for the “deterioration and neglect” of the existing ruins.
In early 2021, after two years of planning, researchers opted to focus on the area formerly known as the Hermitage of San Pedro. They spent July and August that year conducting field work, “which combined intensive surface prospecting, clearing, and cleaning of opus caementicium elements of the western slope and the delimitation of four stratigraphic surveys.”
Only two of those surveys have been conducted so far. Their findings’ importance demanded the researchers take their time.
