Why are Roman ruins found below ground level?
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If you go to Rome, you will see that the level of the city has risen since ancient times. This is because we build successive generations on top of previous generations. So older stuff gets buried.
If you take the train out to Ostia Antics (the ancient Roman port) you will see that this was abandoned as silt pushed the river further out to sea. Nobody built there when it was abandoned so it’s at ground level.
If you go to a place that used to have a city, but rain, or the ocean washed it away . . . Guess what . . .
Simple answer is we build on top of old stuff and the ground level rises.
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