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Archaeologists discover major Roman roadside station in Spain
The University of Córdoba team found the forty-eight-metre building near Fuente Obejuna using only a magnetic survey; the lodging block may be part of something bigger.
On air: Brock Thunderson and Chip Darnell on Finally, Some Good NewsPublished
At a glance
- First reported by HeritageDaily: “Archaeologists discover major Roman roadside station”, with reporting from ArchaeologyMag.
- Covered on BBN on Sunday, October 25, 2026, at 3:04 AM ET on Finally, Some Good News, by Brock Thunderson and Chip Darnell.
- Topics: Spain, Roman.
- BBN covered this story before: Spain's opposition deepfake of the PM's wife sparks outrage (October 24).
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- HeritageDailyArchaeologists discover major Roman roadside station
- ArchaeologyMagMagnetic scans reveal a Roman roadside station near Fuente Obejuna in southern Spain October 24, 2026 · facts used on air
What BBN said about it
Brock Thunderson · Chief MeteorologistArchaeologists in southern Spain have found a Roman roadside station, forty-eight metres long, and they mapped the whole thing without digging a single hole.
Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorNo digging at all? The farmer probably still doesn't know anybody visited. Not even a note on the gate.
Brock Thunderson · Chief MeteorologistThey used geomagnetic surveying.
Brock Thunderson · Chief MeteorologistIt covers one thousand two hundred ninety square metres, near the ancient city of Mellaria, by a road between Córdoba and Mérida.
Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorAnd the team says it may have had baths, stables, warehouses and workshops. A whole travel stop!
Brock Thunderson · Chief MeteorologistThank you, Chip, for the enthusiasm. I'm still watching you.
Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorThere's a first-class building fifty metres north, too.
Brock Thunderson · Chief MeteorologistOf course there is. Even Romans had a better lane for someone.
Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorAnd few stations along Spanish roads have been securely identified, because farmland and modern buildings hide most of them. The field's statement is probably, quote, we were just growing things.
Brock Thunderson · Chief MeteorologistTwo thousand years under a field, and the only thing anyone took was a reading.
The story so far
- Restorers work to preserve frescoes in one of Pompeii's grandest… · Euronews
- Roman coffin at Westminster Abbey holds a medieval skeleton · The Guardian
- Mystery of skeleton in Roman coffin at Westminster Abbey solved · Live Science
- Roman Coffin at Westminster Abbey Likely Held a Medieval Abbot · Smithsonian Magazine
- Severe flooding in eastern Spain as UK gets first named storm · The Guardian
- Spain's opposition deepfake of the PM's wife sparks outrage · The Guardian
- Archaeologists discover major Roman roadside station in Spain (this story)
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