Links
Zeugma 2000 Archeological Project
www.zeugma2000.com
This official Web site of the 2000 Zeugma archeological rescue project offers extensive background information on the excavation and its participants. You'll also find a large collection of photographs of the Turkish and French teams at work.
Zeugma Web
www.zeugmaweb.com
Browse photographs of the mosaics uncovered at Zeugma and read explanations of the Greco-Roman mythology behind them at this Turkish Web site.
Project Zeugma
www.ist.lu/zeugma/
Find out more about how remote sensing was used as an archeological tool during the Zeugma excavations and see images and maps of the actual data.
World Commission on Dams
www.dams.org
At the Web site for the World Commission on Dams, a United Nations project, you will find a vast collection of resources on the history of dams around the world, dams currently being built, and potential future dam projects.
Books
Belkis/Zeugma, Halfeti, Rumkale: A Last Look at History
by Nezih Basgelen and Rifat Ergec. Istanbul: Archaeology and Art Publications, 2000.
Written by two eyewitnesses to the last-minute excavation and salvage effort at Zeugma, this book offers a detailed account of the archeological work conducted there and the environmental, economic, and social impact of the Birecek Dam on Turkey's Euphrates Valley.
Mosaics of the Greek and Roman World
by Katherine M.D. Dunbabin. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2001.
Katherine Dunbabin, professor of art history at Canada's McMaster University, offers this exhaustive new study of Greek and Roman mosaics. Her book is lavishly illustrated and full of concrete insights into Greco-Roman tile art and its role in the everyday life of the period.
Eyewitness: Archeology
by Jane R. McIntosh. New York: DK Publishing, 2000.
So, you want to be an archeologist? Dig into this archeology encyclopedia and learn more about excavations and how archeologists do their work. You'll uncover over 50 two-page color photographs of important digs around the globe and sift through a collection of essays on major topics related to the field today.
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