{"id":114118,"date":"2022-11-06T11:48:27","date_gmt":"2022-11-06T10:48:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/?post_type=odkrycia-rzymskie&#038;p=114118"},"modified":"2022-11-06T11:48:27","modified_gmt":"2022-11-06T10:48:27","slug":"huge-network-of-tunnels-has-been-discovered-beneath-former-temple-of-claudius","status":"publish","type":"odkrycia-rzymskie","link":"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/en\/discoveries\/huge-network-of-tunnels-has-been-discovered-beneath-former-temple-of-claudius\/","title":{"rendered":"Huge network of tunnels has been discovered beneath former Temple of Claudius"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In 2018, archaeologists discovered a network of underground lakes beneath the foundations of the <a href=\"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/en\/roman-art-and-culture\/roman-architecture\/roman-buildings\/roman-basilica\/\">Basilica<\/a> of Saint John and Paul on Celius Hill in <a href=\"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/en\/roman-geography\/roman-cities\/rome-eternal-city\/\">Rome<\/a>. The church was built in 1100 on the ruins of the enormous Roman <a href=\"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/en\/roman-art-and-culture\/roman-architecture\/roman-buildings\/temple-of-claudius-in-colonia-claudia-victricensis-camulodunum\/\">Temple of Claudius<\/a> from the 1st century CE.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The water in the lakes is crystal clear. Scientists believe that the underground network of caves may be even more than 2 km long, and the corridors are 8 to 1.5 meters wide. Investigators will continue to explore the mysterious place. It is believed that the materials from these <a href=\"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/en\/roman-army\/siege-machines-of-ancient-romans\/roman-tunnels\/\">tunnels<\/a> were used to build the great Temple of Claudius.<\/p>\n<p>Such a quarry is a rarity in the center of ancient Rome. According to specialists, usually the Romans conducted mining outside the city.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":40582,"template":"","class_list":["post-114118","odkrycia-rzymskie","type-odkrycia-rzymskie","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/odkrycia-rzymskie\/114118","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/odkrycia-rzymskie"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/odkrycia-rzymskie"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/odkrycia-rzymskie\/114118\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40582"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=114118"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}