15 Ancient Roads That Still Exist Today

15 Ancient Roads That Still Exist Today

Royal Road of Knossos, Crete. Credit: Warren LeMay / Flickr / CC BY-SA 2.0 Ancient roads shaped the movement of goods, people, and ideas long before modern transportation existed. Many of these routes still cut across the landscape, surviving wars, empires, and centuries of change. They linked early cities, carried traders and soldiers, and supported the rise of powerful kingdoms from the Mediterranean to East Asia. Researchers say these survivi…