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Tauchira Gate in Ptolemais in 2006, view from the west. Credit: Miron Bogacki. Source: European Journal of Archaeology

Ancient marks crack the code of a 2,000-year-old building site

More than 620 mysterious marks carved into the limestone blocks of an ancient Libyan gate have revealed how stonemasons organised their work more than 2,000 years ago.