Discover the road section built 2,000 years ago

Archaeologists in Greece's second-largest city have discovered a 70m-long ancient road built by Roman people 2,000 years ago.

A 70m long Roman road has just been discovered.

The excavation site is open to the public from June 25, and the project details are also published. Even many large paving stones are engraved with some children's games, while others are carved with horse-drawn carriages. In addition, archaeologists also discovered some parts of the labor tool, the lamp, along with some stone pillars.

Viki Tzanakouli, an archaeologist involved in the project, affirmed that this is a part of the Roman road built about 1,800 years ago, while the ruins of a road with a higher age are built by ancient Greeks. That way 500 years under that road. The construction of the tunnel, which started in 2006, provides a rare opportunity for archaeologists to explore the area below the crowded city, but also causes the construction to be postponed for several years.

Earlier, in 2008, the construction workers of the Thessaloniki subway system discovered more than 1,000 tombs, with a few graves filled with treasures, including jewelry, gold coins and some works of art.