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History => Ancient and Medieval History => Topic started by: Duncan Head on Aug 20, 2021, 10:13 AM

Title: Drone surveys mapping Neapolis in Tunisia
Post by: Duncan Head on Aug 20, 2021, 10:13 AM
https://www.express.co.uk/news/science/1478573/archaeology-news-astounded-storm-strange-stones-ancient-roman-city-spt

The Neapolis ruins on the Tunisian coast were in the news a few years ago - https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2017/8/31/major-roman-ruins-discovered-underwater-in-tunisia for instance - but archaeologists have now managed to map together the land and underwater bits.
Title: Re: Drone surveys mapping Neapolis in Tunisia
Post by: Imperial Dave on Aug 20, 2021, 11:45 AM
Ancient relics: Stone columns were found sitting peacefully on the seabed

as opposed to behaving badly one presumes?
Title: Re: Drone surveys mapping Neapolis in Tunisia
Post by: Duncan Head on Aug 20, 2021, 01:47 PM
As opposed to rolling?
Title: Re: Drone surveys mapping Neapolis in Tunisia
Post by: Nick Harbud on Aug 23, 2021, 01:01 PM
I have never seen a stone column sit before.    ???
Title: Re: Drone surveys mapping Neapolis in Tunisia
Post by: Imperial Dave on Aug 24, 2021, 08:58 PM
they tend to recline sultrily
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