How Roman surveyors helped the empire create straight roads thousands of years ago

Explore the innovative surveying instruments, such as the groma and chorobates, that enabled ancient engineers to map ...
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A 10-foot-wide sinkhole opens up by the Pantheon — and exposes an ancient Roman road

A relic from Rome's past was accidentally uncovered when a 10-foot-square sinkhole suddenly appeared in the middle of the ...
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2,000-year-old Roman road discovered in field of primary school in the UK. Take a look

Archaeologists surveying the field of a primary school discovered an ancient Roman road. Screengrab from Brightwell cum Sotwell CofE Primary School's Facebook post For years, the residents of ...
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A 2,000-Year-Old Roman Road, Trod by Emperors, Is Found Beneath London

A stretch of one of the most significant roads in Roman-era Britain has been unearthed underneath the asphalt of the Old Kent Road in southeast London. The ancient road, known as Watling Street, was ...