Roman spa awaits flooding in Turkey
By Nicolas Cheviron | China Daily | Updated: 2010-10-08 07:53
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Workers dump sand over the Allianoi, the world's oldest known spa settlement, which is at risk of being submerged under water following the construction of a nearby dam last month. Bulent Kilic / Agence France-Presse |
ALLIANOI, Turkey - Under a mild autumn sun, workers bustle about like bees at a Roman bath complex sprawling over a green plain in western Turkey in what looks like a regular excavation site.
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