The City Beneath The City

The new subway line in Athens, Greece, cost the city $1.8 billion but uncovered 10,000 priceless ancient artifacts by creating the largest archeological site in the city's history.

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December 19, 2000, 2:00 PM PST

By Abhijeet Chavan @http://twitter.com/legalaidtech

"Few public works projects have stirred as much anxiety among archaeologists as the ambitious effort to ease traffic congestion by building a subway system in this city where civilizations have been layered upon one another for 3,000 years." The article describes some of the difficulties in executing a large construction project in an archeologically-sensitive area. "Nobody overrides an archaeologist in Greece..."

Thanks to Linda LaSut

Read the full story: Athens's New Subway System Brings Buried Treasures to Light

Tuesday, December 19, 2000 in The New York Times

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