City of Gladiators Earthquake Shattered Fountain Flows After 2,000 Years

The restored fountain at the Kibrya archaeological site in Turkey. Source: Mehmet Akif Ersoy University

An ancient fountain that was destroyed in a 23 BC earthquake has been restored in Turkey's “City of Gladiators.' Now, the two millennia old water font is streaming drinkable water again, just as it did some 2,000-years ago.



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