Did Ancient Romans Use These Shafts as Summertime Refrigerators?
archaeologist in Switzerland are behave an experiment to figure out how ancient Romans used a serial of deep shafts to keep solid food cool well into the summer month . The shafts were pick up in 2013 at Augusta Raurica , an archeologic site located near the Swiss metropolis of Basel . The popish dependency was founded in 15 BC , and it before long blossomed into a vibrant urban center and trade hub that was home to around 15,000 to 20,000 people ....