The Curious Red and Black Inscriptions Found at Spanish Roman Quarry


The Roman quarry of El Mèdol , located in modern-day Tarragona (Tarraco in ancient times) in Catalonia is literally a man-made marvel. This limestone quarry was used by the Romans to build the city center of ancient Tarraco and other major Roman monuments in the area.

***

Read the rest of this article: 

https://www.ancient-origins.net/ancient-places-europe/roman-quarry-0015220

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

10 Surprising Places to Visit in Egypt

Image
In the history books at school, we learned that Egypt depended on the River Nile, the only region in which it was not desert, that the country has one of the longest and most intriguing histories of ancient civilization, being responsible for the construction of some of the monuments and the most famous characters of mankind, such as the pyramids, sphinxes, also having been one of the most powerful of their time and one of the first to appear independently in the world. There is mystery, right? *** Read the rest of this article:  https://www.luxurytravelmagazine.com/news-articles/10-surprising-places-to-visit-in-egypt
Read more