FILED - 26 August 2024, Rhineland-Palatinate, Mainz: Archaeologists from the State Archaeology Department are digging for the remains of a civilian Roman settlement on the construction site for the new Translational Oncology Cancer Research Center (TRON). Significant archaeological relics from Roman times have been discovered on the construction site in the immediate vicinity of the Mainz University Medical Center. Photo: Arne Dedert/dpa

FILED - 26 August 2024, Rhineland-Palatinate, Mainz: Archaeologists from the State Archaeology Department are digging for the remains of a civilian Roman settlement on the construction site for the new Translational Oncology Cancer Research Center (TRON). Significant archaeological relics from Roman times have been discovered on the construction site in the immediate vicinity of the Mainz University Medical Center. Photo: Arne Dedert/dpa

FILED - 26 August 2024, Rhineland-Palatinate, Mainz: Archaeologists from the State Archaeology Department are digging for the remains of a civilian Roman settlement on the construction site for the new Translational Oncology Cancer Research Center (TRON). Significant archaeological relics from Roman times have been discovered on the construction site in the immediate vicinity of the Mainz University Medical Center. Photo: Arne Dedert/dpa

dpatop - 26 August 2024, Rhineland-Palatinate, Mainz: An archaeologist from the state archaeology department documents archaeological finds in the soil of the construction site for the new Translational Oncology Cancer Research Center (TRON). This was once the site of a Roman civilian settlement. Significant archaeological relics from Roman times have been discovered on the construction site in the immediate vicinity of the Mainz University Medical Center. Photo: Arne Dedert/dpa

26 August 2024, Rhineland-Palatinate, Mainz: Archaeologists from the State Archaeology Department are digging for the remains of a civilian Roman settlement on the construction site for the new Translational Oncology Cancer Research Center (TRON). Significant archaeological relics from Roman times have been discovered on the construction site in the immediate vicinity of the Mainz University Medical Center. Photo: Arne Dedert/dpa

26 August 2024, Rhineland-Palatinate, Mainz: Archaeologists from the State Archaeology Department are digging for the remains of a civilian Roman settlement on the construction site for the new Translational Oncology Cancer Research Center (TRON). Significant archaeological relics from Roman times have been discovered on the construction site in the immediate vicinity of the Mainz University Medical Center. Photo: Arne Dedert/dpa

26 August 2024, Rhineland-Palatinate, Mainz: An archaeologist from the state archaeology department documents archaeological finds in the soil of the construction site for the new Translational Oncology Cancer Research Center (TRON). This was once the site of a Roman civilian settlement. Significant archaeological relics from Roman times have been discovered on the construction site in the immediate vicinity of the Mainz University Medical Center. Photo: Arne Dedert/dpa

26 August 2024, Rhineland-Palatinate, Mainz: A funerary inscription stele of a buried Roman (around the 1st century AD) with the letters "F,P,H" is presented at a press conference of the State Archaeology Department at the construction site for the new Translational Oncology Cancer Research Center (TRON). A civilian Roman settlement was once located here. Significant archaeological relics from Roman times have been discovered on the construction site in the immediate vicinity of the Mainz University Medical Center. Photo: Arne Dedert/dpa