'Holy moly': Researchers' remarkable find under beach
A remarkable structure dating back to ancient Roman times has been found beneath the sand at a beach in southern Spain.
Researchers from the University of Cádiz (UCA) recently discovered Roman baths at the Caños de Meca beach in the country's Andalusia region, CNN reported.
The walls of the structure are reportedly more than four metres tall and two rooms have been unearthed so far.
The university said the site may sprawl across 2.5 acres. Inside, researchers found ceramics dating back to the 12th and 13th centuries.
According to Murcia Today, the find is particularly unusual for the country — Roman baths are generally found in a more degraded condition, however, experts believes the sand dunes may have helped preserve the site.
This isn't the only historic site researchers from UCA have recently found.
Holy moly: missed this earlier this week, but on Monday EFE ran these great photos of exceptionally well-preserved Roman baths that have been discovered buried in the sand near Cádiz.
See that lighthouse in the distance? It's the one on Cape Trafalgar. Nice overlap of history. pic.twitter.com/zt9rqGOwXX— Aitor Hernández-Morales (@aitorehm) May 19, 2021
At Cape Trafalgar, Andalusia, several Roman salting pools were discovered, each between five and six feet deep, CNN reported.
The remains of multiple people were uncovered inside.
Salting pools were used to preserve foo.
"In the first, there is a metal structure with an artificial cave with a 4,000-year-old burial, with seven corpses in a secondary position and one in a primary position before closing," the UCA statement says.
Andalusia's culture minister, Patricia del Pozo, said the discovery was "wonderful".
Murcia Today said both sites were discovered by a team hoping to learn more about the production of fish during the Roman empire.
"The archaeological studies, undertaken by the University of Cádiz in March, April and May 2021 at Cape Trafalgar and on the Caños de Meca beach, have made it possible to 'document exceptional heritage finds, totally unpublished to date'," the university said in a statement.
"From Recent Prehistory (Bronze Age) to modern times, the existence of a diachronic settlement in the totally unknown area has been verified."
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