Researchers have uncovered a Roman-era wine shop at a 1,600-year-old site in the ancient city of Sicyon, located in what’s now southern Greece. Scott Gallimore, an archaeologist at Wilfrid Laurier University in Canada, and Martin Wells, a classics scholar at Austin College, presented these findings at the Archaeological Institute of America in Chicago earlier this month, according to Smithsonian Magazine.
Upon examining the site, the researchers discerned that the wine shop was likely destroyed during a “sudden event” such as an earthquake or extreme weather, which collapsed the structure and caused the owners to evacuate. They also found signs of commerce including marble tabletops, broken pottery, and about 60 bronze coins across the space.
