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Title: "PUZZLE OF PALMYRA IN SYRIAN DESERT SOLVED"
Post by: Mark on June 17, 2012, 02:25:04 PM

(via agade list)

http://www.heritagedaily.com/2012/06/puzzle-of-palmyra-in-syrian-desert-solved/

Title: Re: "PUZZLE OF PALMYRA IN SYRIAN DESERT SOLVED"
Post by: Duncan Head on June 17, 2012, 05:32:18 PM

Thanks, Mark, very interesting if annoyingly non-specific. Did they find villages only from Roman times? How old was the reservoir system, and when did it cease functioning? I suppose the data may simply not tell them all that.

Title: Re: "PUZZLE OF PALMYRA IN SYRIAN DESERT SOLVED"
Post by: Mark on June 17, 2012, 11:09:56 PM

Also (not much more help though) from Explorator:

http://phys.org/news/2012-06-roman-empire-historical-mystery.html
http://www.pasthorizonspr.com/index.php/archives/06/2012/researchers-solve-mystery-of-palmyra

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