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Ancient Road Unearthed 7 Metres Below Ground in Greece

simon		Posted : Tuesday, 26 June 2012 9:00:01 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered Joined: 7/01/2011(UTC) Posts: 789 Location: Central Otago Thanks: 33 times Was thanked: 239 time(s) in 150 post(s)		Ancients roads of various ages have been discovered 7 metres below the current modern day ground surface whilst workers were digging for a new subway in Greece. Previous finds included graves filled with treasures. I'm amazed that the ground surface built up 7 metres over 1800 years. http://www.stuff.co.nz/w...s-ancient-road-in-Greece
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Metal Kiwi		Posted : Tuesday, 26 June 2012 9:37:54 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered Joined: 19/06/2011(UTC) Posts: 1,210 Location: Auckland Thanks: 498 times Was thanked: 484 time(s) in 322 post(s)		Originally Posted by: simon Ancients roads of various ages have been discovered 7 metres below the current modern day ground surface whilst workers were digging for a new subway in Greece. Previous finds included graves filled with treasures. I'm amazed that the ground surface built up 7 metres over 1800 years. http://www.stuff.co.nz/w...s-ancient-road-in-Greece Maybe it was just due to landfill the same as we do now with our rubbish etc.
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simon		Posted : Tuesday, 26 June 2012 10:14:22 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered Joined: 7/01/2011(UTC) Posts: 789 Location: Central Otago Thanks: 33 times Was thanked: 239 time(s) in 150 post(s)		metal kiwi: could be landfill. seems like a fair height. i can understand how they would build road after road on top of one another but i doubt it would add to 7 metres. plus all the roads sounded like they were down deeper.
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mineforgold.co.nz		Posted : Tuesday, 26 June 2012 11:09:37 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered Joined: 14/11/2011(UTC) Posts: 299 Location: Nelson Thanks: 58 times Was thanked: 38 time(s) in 35 post(s)		You will find that most ancient cities have been built up in similar manner over the years - certainly in that part of the world. A combination of moving sands, natural or man made destruction and the lack of hydraulics. Each cities remains becomes the foundation of the next one.
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Lammerlaw		Posted : Wednesday, 27 June 2012 7:16:55 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered Joined: 24/05/2011(UTC) Posts: 1,721 Thanks: 72 times Was thanked: 579 time(s) in 396 post(s)		Not surprising considering that even today in Rome they are still doing excavations for new buildings which stumble across forgotten shops and roads dating back 2000 years - underneath the city there are complexes of hollow grottos, caves and previous buildings which can be accessed even after all hundreds of years...great stuff.