Posted on 06/10/2020 12:25:10 AM PDT by SunkenCiv
A preliminary map of Falerii Novi, an ancient Roman city located 50 kilometers (31 miles) north of Rome, has been compiled with data taken from ground-penetrating radar. It's "preliminary" because it wasn't humanly possible for the researchers to fully analyze the 28 billion data points collected during the course of the project, explained Martin Millett, a co-author of the study and an archaeologist at the University of Cambridge...
The researchers were able to document the locations of buildings, monuments, passageways, and even water pipes -- all without having to pick up a single hand trowel. In addition to documenting these previously unknown architectural features, the scientists were able to chronicle changes to the city over time and discern unique elements not seen elsewhere in ancient Rome...
Falerii Novi is well documented in historical accounts, representing just one of roughly 2,000 cities across the Roman Empire. It first appeared in 241 BCE and was occupied until the Medieval period...
For the new survey, Millett and his colleagues used an all-terrain vehicle to tow a rig equipped with ground-penetrating radar. The scientists made scans every 12.5 centimeters (4.9 inches) across the entire 75-acre site. Falerii Novi was chosen as a good place to test the technology, as the town is not obscured by forests or buried beneath newer structures. What's more, the site is protected under Italian law.
"But even if this city wasn't protected by law, it would've been impossible to excavate on this scale,"...
Falerii Novi had an unorthodox layout and was less standardized compared to other ancient Roman cities. Previous work with magnetometers, another non-invasive scanning method, identified sacred spaces within the city. The new work identified large buildings within this marginal space, particularly next to Falerii Novi's gates.
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