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Beyond the Danube's Iron Gates: rescue archaeology on the Roman frontier

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Rescue archaeology has been practiced for some 32 years in the Iron Gates gorges of the Danube River. The region covers 106 miles from Golubac, Serbia, to the Timok River on the border of Bulgaria. The prehistoric site of Lepenski Vir is now submerged, after excavations that began in 1965. Many sites date from Roman times and have been described in the book 'Roman Limes on the Middle and Lower Danube' edited by Petar Petrovic. Sites include the remains of a Roman bridge over 3500 feet long, port facilities at the ancient city of Aquae, fortifications at Gamzigrad and a fourth-century imperial tomb near Sarkamen.

Antiquities, Yugoslavia, Rome (Ancient state), Serbia, Salvage archaeology, Danube Valley

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Barbarians at the gate; Roman frontiers from Britain to Arabia

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Qasr Bashir, one of the best preserved forts in the eastern Roman empire, is described. In the Near East, where archaeological evidence dates from a time much earlier than Rome, Roman culture melded with indigenous cultural traditions.

Syria, Architecture, Classical, Classical architecture

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Roman life on the Danube; a legionary town becomes an archaeological park

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The Archaeological Park of Carnuntum is described, Roman ruins on the right bank of the Danube, very near Vienna. The ancient remains were recognized by the 13th century, and there were organized excavations beginning in the 19th.

Austria, Analysis, Discovery and exploration, Classical antiquities, History, Ancient, Archaeology, Ancient history

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