Pyrenees: an old imperial city found

The discovery was made by researchers from the Institute of High Aragonese Studies and the universities of Zaragoza, Bordeaux, Polytechnic University of Madrid and Salamanca. In their recent study, the discovery of aancient roman imperial city in Artieda, a Spanish town. Right on the southern Pyrenees. The last work on the archaeological site was carried out in 2018. The Municipality of Artieda has asked the University of Zaragoza for help. The intention was to study and analyze the remains around the hermitage of San Pedro known as El Forau de la Tuta.

Here, after three years, scientists were able to confirm that these remains represent a single enormous archaeological complex. It dates from between the 1st and 2nd century AD. At that time a large Roman city was built with baths, temples and an already advanced sewage system. Despite the importance of this city, the name has not been found in any historical documentation.

The conclusion that led to the conclusion of its historical connection was the analysis of four tombstones from the site. They were kept inside private collections in Artieda and in the Diocesan Museum of Jaca. Thus it was inferred that they belong to an “important necropolis that has remained so for centuries”. The researchers also found that the area was inhabited by farmers between the ninth and thirteenth centuries, as if from an early medieval village. Now the excavations in El Forau de la Tuta and the surrounding area continue. Experts suspect there are many more secrets to uncover. Other novelties will come to light, giving international archeology even more prestige.