The tabloid touch

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Skeletons of a young man, woman and child were discovered on the island of Cyprus in 1986 by archeologist David Soren and placed in the Episkopi village museum after receiving world-wide coverage. Six years later, Soren receives a call from a women seeking a copy of the photograph of the 'family.' A few days later the photograph appears in Weekly World News under the headline, "Adam & Eve's Skeletons Found in Colorado," with the find attributed to Los Angeles archaeologist Dr. Jonathan Richard.

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Splendors of Lepcis: a Roman emperor's dream city emerges from the sands

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The ancient Roman city of Lepcis Magna, discovered in Libya at the turn of the century, was known as a famous port. The buildings and monuments it housed consisted of a colonnaded street, basilica, nymphaeum, tetrapylon, amphitheater and hunting baths. This city was founded by the Roman emperor Septimius Severus in 196 A.D.. This Roman architecture is characterized by decorative columns of marble, granite imported from abroad, the four-way arch and colossal friezes.

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The curse of Kourion

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An excavation at Kourion, the ancient city-state on the Cyprus coast, is described. This city state was controlled in turn by various ancient peoples, its history interspersed with scattered periods of independence. A levelling by an earthquake came in 365 AD.

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