A pedestrian who spotted a strange arrangement of stones wound up helping archaeologists rediscover an Ancient Roman building.
The find was announced by the Swiss canton of Solothurn on Facebook on May 20.
The “exciting” discovery was spotted at a highway construction site near Luterbach, 22 miles north of the city of Bern, the group said.
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“A pedestrian discovered stones and brick fragments not far from the motorway bridge about a week ago,” said the post, which was translated from Swiss German to English.
“It soon became clear: A Roman building is buried here.”
Pictures of the site show the stone foundation shockingly close to the road.
“[T]he Roman foundation remains will be covered again in the preparatory work for the replacement of the bridge over the highway,” the
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