Archaeologists in Spain have discovered what could possibly be a hidden Roman Empire from over 2,000 years ago.
A team of researchers from the University of Cádiz started exploring an area of the Sierra de Cádiz region last year hoping to just find a few remnants of ancient life there.
“The objective is to know the interaction of the Bay of Cadiz with the settlement of the Guadalete River depression during the Roman period, an aspect practically unknown until now,’ the researchers said in a report.
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