[john drake]

I doubt they will take the archeological findings seriously. These artifacts are pre-islam, therefore of no value. If you think I'm kidding, a few years ago, the Turkish government, while digging to create a vast damn for future power generation came across villages of summer homes containing some of the finest examples of intact Roman-era villas (with hundreds of mosaic frescoes and floors), forums, amphitheatres, sewer systems, etc. The Turks determined it would take too long to excavate and despite pleas from Universities and museums through out the West, completed the damn project and now this ancient, intact, perfect example of a Roman city is under hundreds of meters of water, at the bottom of a huge lake. So much for the respect for antiquities or anything Western. They can go to he#*, along with the rest of the mohammedans.

[Graymatter]

Byzanti-ping!

[MarMema]

ping

[hedgetrimmer]

Turkish archaeologists have discovered an ancient Byzantine port in an area that was planned to be an underground railway station, they announced on Tuesday. They're calling the find the 'Port of Theodosius,' after the emperor of Rome and Byzantium who died in the year 395 AD, and say the finds here could shed significant light on the commercial life of this ancient city. (AP Photo/Osman Orsal)

[wagglebee]

GGG Ping.

[VOA]

...abandoned buildings, crumbling walls, trash and broken wine bottles

Accurate description of any major city run by single-party rule of Democrats

[SunkenCiv]

I didn't ping the following topic either, saying it wasn't the first, but I've been having difficulty finding it. Maybe I will ping this one as an update to the earlier stories (nice photos, after all).

Ancient Harbors Rise Again
ScienceNOW Daily News | 9 January 2006 | By Michael Balter
Posted on 01/12/2006 7:56:19 AM EST by flevit
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1556597/posts

[SunkenCiv]

Dig for metro station uncovers long-lost port in Istanbul
Turkish Daily News
Thursday, June 22, 2006

They're calling the find the "Port of Theodosius," after the emperor of Rome and Byzantium who died in the year 395, and say the items they're digging up here could shed significant light on the commercial life of this ancient city. The excavations are being conducted in the Yenikapi area... So far, the archaeologists have found what they think might be a church, an old gate to the city and eight sunken ships, which archaeologist Cemal Pulak says he believes were all wiped out by a giant storm more than 1,000 years ago... Meanwhile, wall sections that are believed to be part of the Constantine Wall were unearthed in the western part of the excavation site, said Karamut. He added that underground graves dating to the fourth century were also unearthed in the same region.

[SunkenCiv]

I'd like to welcome this past week's five or six new members. Our combined lists (individual and once-a-week) total 601! Many thanks to all! FairOpinion, we made it before August 1...

Somewhere on FR there are at least TWO topics about this, but I was unable to find 'em.

To all -- please ping me to other topics which are appropriate for the GGG list. Thanks.

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[SunkenCiv]

Byzantine Underground City And Cistern Unearthed In Talas (Turkey)
Turkish Daily News | 1-3-2006
Posted on 01/03/2006 2:17:59 PM EST by blam
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1551206/posts