British and Italian experts Friday revealed the chance discovery of the source of a 1,900-year-old Roman aqueduct complete with nymphaeum near the Italian capital.
“The existence of the aqueduct was known, but we thought it was from the medieval era,” Edward O’Neill told AFP. “Not only is it Roman, but it is from Trajan’s time and we found its source,” O’Neill said of the discovery some 40 kilometres (25 miles) north of Rome in June last year.