European drought reveals Roman city

 Miami Herald:

Dropping water levels revealed a massive complex of Roman ruins in Spain as Europe continues to struggle under a record-breaking drought.

Ancient Romans began construction on a military camp in what is now northwestern Spain, along the Lima River in Galicia, in about 75 AD, Spanish researchers wrote in a 2018 study. They abandoned the camp about a century later.

The remaining ruins became submerged after the construction of a dam in 1949 created the As Conchas reservoir, The Guardian reported.

But this summer, all droughts led to Rome.

The ancient camp reappeared on the river bank — its entire ruined complex on display, drone footage posted on Aug. 26 by Faro de Vigo showed.

Aerial photographs show a sprawling collection of neatly organized stone structures primarily made of gray-brown cobblestones. What’s left of a wall runs around the smaller structures, water lapping at its edge. A once-grand entrance stands partially collapsed, almost welcoming the river that lies just beyond its doorway.

Pillar bases — their tops long gone — adorn the waist-height rock walls, the video shows. A single archway still stands, defiant against the wearing forces of time and water. Greenery adorns the ruins.

This is Aquis Querquennis, called “A Cidá” or “the city” by locals, Ondacero, a local outlet, reports.
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While we have had a drought this summer in Texas it has not been as bad as the one in Europe evidently.  Last week we had enough rain to perk up the trees and the grass.