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1,700-Year-Old Roman Bridge Found Beneath Switzerland’s Aare River in Solothurn
Archaeologists in Switzerland have confirmed the remains of a late Roman bridge beneath the Aare River in Solothurn, ending a long-running question about one of the most likely crossing points of ancient Salodurum. The discovery was made during underwater archaeological work carried out before the renewal of the SBB railway bridge. Divers working on behalf…
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Digitally Reconstructed Roman Roads: How Medieval Britain’s Travel Routes Were Shaped Over 1,000 Years
A team of researchers has digitally reconstructed medieval travel routes across England and Wales, revealing how Roman roads influenced mobility for over a millennium after the empire’s fall. Historians and digital archaeologists have created a groundbreaking Geographic Information Systems (GIS) database based on the mysterious 15th-century Gough Map, which depicts England and Wales with intricate…