Ancient Roman Road Found in Netherlands
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Topic: Ancient Roman Road Found in Netherlands
Posted By: Leonardo
Subject: Ancient Roman Road Found in Netherlands
Date Posted: 07-Jan-2007 at 12:55
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Posted By: Aelfgifu
Date Posted: 08-Jan-2007 at 10:43
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Yeah, I read about this in the paper. Don't know exactly where, but considering the locations of Utrecht and Vechten it has to be within a kilometre of my home... By the way, they did not come across this road by accident, they knew it was probably there: one takes two Roman forts and a ruler and voila, there it is...  ------------- 
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In my parents home town close by they have (over the past 100 years or so) found no less than 7 ships, most of them roman, a few medieval. The ship and tower mentioned in the article they found when building a new suburb near Utrecht. The peat-soil around here is ideal for conserving wood...