Roman Wooden Water Pipe Found Beneath Belgian City Street - Archaeology Magazine

Roman Wooden Water Pipe Found Beneath Belgian City Street - Archaeology Magazine

Wooden water pipes, Leuven, Belgium LEUVEN, BELGIUM—Belga News Agency reports that modern construction work beneath the Brusselsestraat in Leuven unearthed a rare and remarkably well-preserved Roman wooden water pipe, which the city council has described as a “unique and exceptional find.” The conduit was located about 13 feet beneath the level of the modern city street. Extending between 65 and 100 feet long, the pipeline was constructed from h…

Urban construction sites sometimes reveal much more than modern foundations: they open unexpected windows on the buried history of cities. In Leuven, a construction operation recently discovered a remarkably preserved Roman water infrastructure made of wood. This discovery has nothing to do with anecdotal. It shows the presence of a structured and planned network within an ancient settlement until recently little documented. While the wooden rem…

Roman wooden water pipe unearthed beneath the Belgian city of Leuven

In a rare discovery, archaeologists working in Leuven, Belgium, unearthed a Roman-era wooden water pipe that was remarkably preserved from the Roman imperial period, dating back between the 1st and 3rd centuries CE. Credit: City of Leuven The find, described by the city council as “unique and exceptional,” was discovered during routine excavations for a new residence project for students on Brusselsestraat. The pipe, located some 13 feet beneath…