Spain: Archaeologists claim they’ve located site of lost Temple of Hercules Gaditanus

temple of Hercules, which was a place of worship in Antiquity is w in sourn Spain, indicates ancient accounts, however, exact location of  temple has long been unkwn. w researchers in Spain claim that y have uncovered  remnants of that famous temple in a small inlet in Bay of Cádiz, as per reports of Smithsonian.  researchers discovered a nearly 1,000-foot-long and 500-foot-wide structure that can only be seen at low tide using digital terrain modelling.

According to El Pais, Francisco José Garca, who is an archaeologist at University of Seville stated that it is a big deal and remarked discovery as a spectacle. Last month, Garca and Ricardo Belizón Aragón, researchers of University of Seville, presented ir findings at Underwater Archaeology Center of Andalusian Institute of Historical Herit. survey showed a submerged building that matched ancient accounts of temple, which is named after mythical hero Hercules.

Archaeologists will explore area

archaeologists will explore area and data y have in order to look into past and identify chrology. Ricardo Belizón Aragón stated that ir goal is to track paleo landscape (landscape as it was in ancient times) back 3,000 years in an area that has been heavily influenced by marine oscillations, according to London Times. He also stated that team discovered a completely anthropized coast with a massive building. It was in eighth or ninth century B.C.E. For ancient Greeks and Romans, this was a major pilgrim site.

Greek Mythology suggests that Hercules was son of Zeus, God-ruler of Mount Olympus. He was a powerful demigod who defended his people from a slew of monsters. Antonio Monterroso-Checa, an archaeological professor at University of Cordoba, published a paper in 2020 indicating that temple was built in San Fernando district, south of Cádiz coastline, according to Artnet.

t only possible temple of Hercules

Modelling of ancient Cádiz coastline has revealed t only possible temple of Hercules but also an inner harbour or dock south of temple, which was a flood zone until less than two centuries ago. It also discovered various buildings, mostly from Roman period, which has yet to be identified.

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