thesherd: Thanks to a drought that lowered the water level in a lake in 2007, archaeologists discovered Bothonea. A harbor town dating from around 2nd c. B.C. it is “has potential to become a ‘library of Constantinople’.” (via Istanbul Yields a Treasure Trove in Ancient Bathonea - NYTimes.com)

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Thanks to a drought that lowered the water level in a lake in 2007, archaeologists discovered Bothonea. A harbor town dating from around 2nd c. B.C. it is “has potential to become a ‘library of Constantinople’.” (via Istanbul Yields a Treasure Trove in Ancient Bathonea - NYTimes.com)

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