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Traces of Vikings found at Bathonea archaeological excavation in Istanbul
Today's Zaman ^ | Monday, December 07, 2015 | unattributed

Posted on 12/08/2015 2:32:37 PM PST by SunkenCiv

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To: SunkenCiv
Must be a government sponsored dig.
I count 11 people in the picture and only 3 look to be working.
21 posted on 12/10/2015 9:44:28 PM PST by Tainan (Cogito, ergo conservatus sum -- "The Taliban is inside the building")
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In Turkey, it's better that way. The only digs that get done seem to be unauthorized (see this topic from the FRchives) or Disney-style restorations (a la Egypt, sadly) to try to bring in tourism.
22 posted on 12/11/2015 3:49:26 PM PST by SunkenCiv (Here's to the day the forensics people scrape what's left of Putin off the ceiling of his limo.)
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