Archaeologists have unearthed ancient Roman walls in the foothills of the Swiss Alps.
Archaeologists in Switzerland have discovered the remains of 2,000-year-old Roman walls in the foothills of the Alps.
The findings are an"archaeological sensation" for the region and could shed light on Roman activity in central Switzerland, officials with the Office for the Preservation of Monuments and Archeology said in a translated statement."Roman buildings of similar dimensions were last excavated in Cham-Heiligkreuz almost 100 years ago," Gishan Schaeren, head of the Department of Prehistory and Protohistoric Archaeology, said in the statement.
During the excavations, archaeologists found evidence of elite people at the site, whose belongings included imported Roman tableware known as terra sigillata — which means"sealed earth" in Latin — and detailed glass vessels. Meanwhile, the amphorae, which typically held liquids such as wine, olive oil and fish sauce, are evidence that Romans in the region traded with those in the Mediterranean, the team said.
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