A 16-foot Roman temple to Mars, complete with Victoria statuette, unearthed near Frankfurt

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A 16-foot Roman temple to Mars, complete with Victoria statuette, unearthed near Frankfurt, according to Interesting Engineering. Archaeologists in Germany have uncovered the remains of a Roman temple that appears to have been dedicated to Mars, the god of war, just inches beneath the forest floor near Frankfurt. The structure lies in the foothills of the eastern Taunus Mountains, on Frankfurt’s northern outskirts, beside the Kapersburg fort, according to a Sept.

A temple for the god of war The rectangular temple measures about 16 feet long, Smithsonian reported, citing Hessenschau. Inside, it appears to have held a smaller square chamber with three walls, each roughly 20 inches thick.

Archaeologists believe it could be an ambulatory temple, with a three-walled prayer room entered through a wooden gate or door and ringed by covered walkways. An inscription suggests the dedication to Mars.