For decades, historians were fairly confident a Roman bridge once crossed the Aare River at Solothurn, Switzerland, but ...
One of the large posts from the bridge found in Netherlands. Credit: Stichting Expeditie Over de Maas en Rozemarijn Buitenhuis / Provincie Gelderland The pieces, which reach eleven and a half meters ...
The largest remaining parts of the bridge. The two wooden posts protrude about a meter from the riverbed and have a diameter of about 20 centimeters. Credit: Kantonsarchäologie Solothurn, Carlos Pinto ...
Roman bridges still stand after centuries, raising a simple but fascinating question: how strong were they really? Their ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Historians have long believed that a Roman-era bridge must have spanned the Aare River in Switzerland, but they could never find ...
From gravity-defying viaducts to simple-yet-sturdy Roman stone arches, the world's bridges come in all shapes and sizes and have linked towns and cities through the ages. Some of these manmade wonders ...