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The theater/temple of San Nicola near Caserta, Italy, was rediscovered by chance in 2000 by a paraglider. It's 2100 years old and hosts a theater and a temple on the same hill 520 high (i0.wp.com)
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[–] LesserAbe 18 points 3 months ago

This site, "the ancient theater archive" says the hangglider guy was used to seeing glimpses of ruins covered by foliage, but there had been a recent brush fire that made it more obvious.