Ground-penetrating radar is revealing the secrets of a Roman legion camp near Tel Megiddo, including the ancient camp's amphitheater for combat training.
Archaeologists in Israel have found a blood-red combat arena at Legio, a massive military base that housed Rome's"ironclad" legion in the second century.
During excavations this summer, a team of archaeologists more thoroughly investigated the principia. This portion of the military compound includes an administrative center and religious structures. Outside the walls of the base, a cemetery and an amphitheater have been discovered, thanks in part to an innovative technology called ground-penetrating radar .
Further, the team is"finding evidence of cultic activity within the gate [of the amphitheater], including dozens of lamps, that are, perhaps, related to the cult of Nemesis," the goddess of retribution and receiving just deserts, he said.
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