An Etruscan city reveals what survived below ground.
Beneath the farmland north of Rome, the ancient Etruscan city of Veii has long been known for what remained above ground. What no one fully understood was how much of the city still existed below the surface. Recent investigations using rover technology similar to that designed for planetary exploration have revealed an extensive underground system of tunnels, channels, and chambers known collectively as the Etruscan cuniculi. The discovery is reshaping how archaeologists understand urban life, defense, and survival in pre Roman Italy.
