J.R. Johnson

I could go into a whole thing about history and how it’s cool, or ancient civilizations and how they are cool, or uncovering architectural ruins that were foundations for lives lived once upon a time (and how that’s cool), but as I’m on deadline at the day job I’ll just leave you with this:

How Civilizations Built on Top of Each Other: Discover What Lies Beneath Rome, Troy & Other Cities

The idea of discovering a lost ancient city underground has long captured the human imagination. But why are the abandoned built environments of those fantasies always buried? The answer, in large part, is that such places do indeed exist under our feet, at least in certain parts of the world.

And it’s not just places like Rome or London. Cities like New York and Paris also have underground layers, and some cities were built in or under the earth.

I also enjoy this image of a cross-section of the A303 in England, which runs from Hampshire to Devon via Stonehenge (or so Wikipedia tells me, I haven’t been!).

In case you, too, have always wondered about the history beneath your feet!

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