Archaeologists find preserved village near Roman fort
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Archaeologists find preserved village near Roman fort
Archaeologists excavating the Roman fort of Kapersburg in Germany have uncovered a remarkably well-preserved settlement just centimetres beneath the forest floor, including a temple dedicated to Mars, votive stones and evidence that the site may have remained in use after the Roman frontier collapsed. The discoveries are providing new insights into everyday life, religion and industry on the northern frontier of the Roman Empire nearly 1,800 yea…
Archaeologists researching a Roman site in the forests of the German Land Hessa discovered a temple dedicated to Mars, in the old civil settlement developed around the Roman fort Kapersburg.
Excavations carried out in the forest of the German state of Hesse revealed a temple dedicated to Mars, near a Roman fort. The discovery includes a late Roman brooch, which may indicate the continuity of the...
A few centimeters from the forest floor, in the eastern foothills of the Taunus, there remains a part of the Roman border that had hardly been looked at. The fort of the Kapersburg, near Rosbach vor der Höhe (Hesse, Germany), is one of the best preserved of German limes, but the research had focused on the [...]
Archaeologists have uncovered the intact remains of a Roman settlement in the forests of the Taunus region of Germany, including a temple dedicated to Mars, the god of war, and historical statues. The findings provide new insights into civilian life on the outskirts of the Roman Empire's frontier fortresses, reports Science in Poland.
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