Roman aqueduct and ‘luxurious’ burials unearthed during construction of underground parking garage in Serbia

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Archaeologists have unearthed a number of Roman tombs and the stays of an aqueduct within the heart of Belgrade, the Serbian capital. 

The finds date to the interval when the town was a settlement, often known as Singidunum, inside the Roman Empire. 

“Thus far, we’ve got found 14 Roman tombs from the third and fourth centuries,” Milorad Ignjatović, an archaeologist on the Belgrade Metropolis Museum, instructed the Serbian web site Sve o arheologiji (“All about archaeology”).

The excavations have unearthed 14 tombs from the third and fourth centuries A.D. when Belgrade — then known as Singidunum — was a middle of Roman army energy within the area. (Picture credit score: Belgrade Metropolis Museum)

The positioning has completely different kinds of Roman tombs. “Two of the tombs have rectangular bases with arched vaults walled with bricks, whereas two others are constituted of bricks stacked within the type of a coffin,” he mentioned in feedback translated from Serbian. “We’ve additionally found 4 stone sarcophagi, which have been thought of essentially the most luxurious technique to be buried in Roman occasions.”