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Why Search on Land for a City That Sank?
Why Search on Land for a City That Sank?Ancient writers described Helike disappearing beneath the water. A modern search uncovered a buried building—but it belonged to the wrong period. Edward and Lily follow the trail from an old account of a submerged statue to the Roman false lead and the destruction layer that helped identify the lost Greek city.Edward and Lily unpack the evidence, uncert…
Duration: 6:34
- Helike
- helike-project/- Pausanias, Description of Greece 7.24.13
- archaeological.org
- perseus.tufts.edu
- dansplain.xyz
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