05-31-2004, 02:12 PM
Seen on a recent TV show in France about Roman Gaul.<br>
It's not military archaeology so I put it in the OT section.<br>
Archaeologists recently discovered an hitherto unknown big structure in Aix-en-Provence, former Arausio, which could be either a theater or an amphitheater. They don't know yet since only a small part of the seating area has been dug out. The seating is the standard size: steps about 40 centimeters high and 80 centimeters wide, cleanly cut and nicely jointed.<br>
Researchers have also found tools on the nearby site where the stones for the building of the famous Pont du Gard were quarried. Surprisingly, this ancient quarry was only rediscovered in the late 1980's.<br>
The examples of pickaxes found there were extremely heavy, according to the archaeologists who had a hard time working with reconstructions half the weight.<br>
According to them it is proof that the ancients were definitely much stronger than we are nowadays.<br>
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It's not military archaeology so I put it in the OT section.<br>
Archaeologists recently discovered an hitherto unknown big structure in Aix-en-Provence, former Arausio, which could be either a theater or an amphitheater. They don't know yet since only a small part of the seating area has been dug out. The seating is the standard size: steps about 40 centimeters high and 80 centimeters wide, cleanly cut and nicely jointed.<br>
Researchers have also found tools on the nearby site where the stones for the building of the famous Pont du Gard were quarried. Surprisingly, this ancient quarry was only rediscovered in the late 1980's.<br>
The examples of pickaxes found there were extremely heavy, according to the archaeologists who had a hard time working with reconstructions half the weight.<br>
According to them it is proof that the ancients were definitely much stronger than we are nowadays.<br>
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