Tag: ancient ruins

  • A Roman Villa Was Buried Beneath an Italian Vineyard for 1,800 Years

    A Roman Villa Was Buried Beneath an Italian Vineyard for 1,800 Years

    For generations, archaeologists knew a remarkable Roman villa was somewhere beneath a vineyard in northern Italy. They had found its mosaic floors before, photographed them, studied them, and then watched the site disappear beneath the soil. Every attempt to locate the villa again had ended with more questions than answers. Then an archaeologist tried something…

  • Lost Maya City Emerges From Mexico’s Jungle After Centuries

    Lost Maya City Emerges From Mexico’s Jungle After Centuries

    For centuries, it lay concealed beneath a dense canopy of tropical forest, its temples swallowed by vines and its plazas buried under centuries of soil. From the ground, there was little to suggest that an entire Maya city had once flourished there. Now, archaeologists have revealed the remains of a previously unknown settlement in southeastern…