So far, the experts, aided by students, have found coins, pottery, roof tiles and pieces of raw lead. "We think it’s from the first to third century after Christ," said Dr. Guntram Schwitalla, a district archaeologist in Hessen. "If it’s from the second century A.D., it would be a civilian building and we didn’t expect this. We expected only military buildings."
US Army construction site unearths Roman settlement
Submitted by Milica on Sun, 2009-10-18 14:50
A team of archaeologists from Mainz University have discovered what they believe is a 3rd century Roman settlement near Wiesbaden, Germany. The site was found during excavations for a new US$133 million Army Corps of Engineers housing project.
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