Viggen Posted January 8, 2006 Report Share Posted January 8, 2006 Thanks to political tensions easing in Lebanon, archaeologists have finally managed to locate the sites of ancient Phoenician harbours in the seaports that dominated Mediterranean trade thousands of years ago. By drilling out cores of sediment from the modern urban centres of these cities, geologists have mapped out the former coastlines that the sediments have long since buried. From this they have pinpointed the likely sites of the old harbours, and have marked out locations that, they say, are in dire need of exploration and conservation. full article at Nature Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FLavius Valerius Constantinus Posted January 8, 2006 Report Share Posted January 8, 2006 Sadly the Middle East isn't gonna be any safer with Sharon out of the action. Who knows, terrorists are going to try to use this to their advantage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pantagathus Posted January 9, 2006 Report Share Posted January 9, 2006 I do hope they can get in there and make some finds! Though I wonder how much the dredging by the Romans & Byzantines disrupted the more ancient layers? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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