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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