Last week’s huge storm in Europe, the so-called Beast from the East, caused heavy damage in many places, and a surprise archaeological find for the Spanish city of Cadiz.
The storm, which dumped snow over large areas of Europe, battered Cadiz with torrential rains and winds, high tides and a tornado. In its aftermath, at Cortadura beach, sand was washed away, revealing the remains of a Roman aqueduct, long thought to have been worn away by the sea.
Amateur archaeologists made the find, but municipal archaeologists soon sealed off the area to allow for a proper excavation, as hundreds of treasure hunters and curiosity-seekers headed to the area.
The aqueduct is believed to have been part of a system that supplied the Roman port of Gades, now Cadiz. The storm also uncovered parts of an old road that was previously believed to have been destroyed in the 1755 Lisbon earthquake.
