ATTENTION Archaeology and Classicists !
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> From: "Gareth Talbot" <[log in to unmask]>
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> > Has anyone else heard of the imminent flooding of the Roman site of
> > Zeugma in south-eastern Turkey to make a new dam?
> >
> > It's all rather sad really as archaeologists have very little time to
> > record and the authorities in Turkey don't seem to be too sympathetic.
There is an interesting link on the WWW referring to ongoing work since 1995 with remote sensing & satellite imagery; the photographs are pretty good. A team is being led by David Kennedy of the
University of Western Australia. Try this URL for background as well as some well-documented History!
<http://www.ist.lu/ele/html/department/zeugma/intro.html>
Cheerio
Alec
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