Blaze@reddthat.com to interestingasfuck@lemm.ee · 29 days agoThe theater/temple of San Nicola near Caserta, Italy, was rediscovered by chance in 2000 by a paraglider. It's 2100 years old and hosts a theater and a temple on the same hill 520 highi0.wp.comimagemessage-square7fedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up12arrow-down1imageThe theater/temple of San Nicola near Caserta, Italy, was rediscovered by chance in 2000 by a paraglider. It's 2100 years old and hosts a theater and a temple on the same hill 520 highi0.wp.comBlaze@reddthat.com to interestingasfuck@lemm.ee · 29 days agomessage-square7fedilinkfile-text
Sources: https://themindcircle.com/temple-theater-complex/ https://ancienttheatrearchive.com/theatre/pietravairano-modern-pietravairano-italy/
minus-squaredanekrae@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-229 days agoI don’t get it. Was the houses in the background built after it was rediscovered, or were people just blind? Was it burried? How? Its on the top of a hill. Here is another angle with even more buildings and fields with a clear line of sight.
minus-squareAdmiral Patrick@dubvee.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-229 days agoI’m imagining it looked something like the Teotihuacan pyramid before it was excavated: looks like a mountain. Edit: Uploaded higher-res photo.
I don’t get it. Was the houses in the background built after it was rediscovered, or were people just blind?
Was it burried? How? Its on the top of a hill.
Here is another angle with even more buildings and fields with a clear line of sight.
I’m imagining it looked something like the Teotihuacan pyramid before it was excavated: looks like a mountain.
Edit: Uploaded higher-res photo.