A Buried Roman City Is Exposed, and No One Lifted a Shovel
Remote sensing technology allowed archaeologists in Italy to map the locations of buildings, monuments, passageways, and pipes in the buried ancient Roman city of Falerii Novi, and they did so without any digging. The city, located 31 miles (50 km) north of Rome, was previously known to archaeologists, having been occupied from 241 BCE until 700 CE, when it was abandoned. Though exceptionally detailed, the map is considered preliminary, as the scientists have yet to fully analyze the 28 billion data points gathered by the ground-penetrating radar.
