A routine pre-construction excavation on a former industrial site in the Dutch city of Nijmegen has turned into the most significant Roman archaeological find the Netherlands has seen in years. Archaeologists from firms RAAP and BAAC, working ahead of a planned housing development in the Waalfront district, have uncovered a Roman bathhouse complex covering at least 4,900 square metres, more than twice the size of any previously known bathhouse in the country.

Archeologen hebben het grootste Romeinse badhuiscomplex van Nederland ontdekt in Nijmegen. Er zijn tienduizenden vondsten gedaan op de plek waar ooit de stad Ulpia Noviomagus lag.…

Archeologen hebben in Nijmegen de resten blootgelegd van het grootste Romeinse badhuis dat ooit in Nederland is gevonden.