But so far, the lack of proven Roman artifacts or ruins in the town has raised suspicions.
By the time villagers returned to the ruins of Khuzaa in early August, the Givatis had moved south.
Neither Schwend nor Spitz maintained a low profile in the ruins of Munich and they soon attracted attention.
The ruins of an ancient town deep in the Kenyan forest have befuddled archaeologists and historians for decades.
Amid the ruins of the house some things had escaped any harm: a Waterford crystal glass fruit bowl and the telephone.
And the sacred "ordinance," with all other proprieties, was left in ruins that day.
It was at the home of the Lemballeuse, the family who lived in the ruins of the mill.
He leaves no permanent monument, no ruins of former greatness.
But for some reason this town, also, died and left the ruins alone.
There they sprouted and grew, and at last flowers and grass covered the ruins.
late 14c., "act of giving way and falling down," from Old French ruine "a collapse" (14c.), and directly from Latin ruina "a collapse, a rushing down, a tumbling down" (cf. Spanish ruina, Italian rovina), related to ruere "to rush, fall violently, collapse," from PIE *reue- "to smash, knock down, tear out, dig up" (see rough (adj.)). Meaning "complete destruction of anything" is from 1670s. Ruins "remains of a decayed building or town" is from mid-15c.; the same sense was in the Latin plural noun.
1580s (transitive), from ruin (n.). Intransitive sense "fall into ruin" is from c.1600. Financial sense is attested from 1660. Related: Ruined; ruining.