Nice Article from Haaretz on Motya in Sicily

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Nice Article from Haaretz on Motya in Sicily

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I hope everyone can read it.

I have a free subscription to Haaretz for just such occasions. They do this kind of thing quite often.


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Monumental Structure in Sicily Isn’t a Phoenician Harbor – It’s a Huge Sacred Pool of Baal

The kothon of Motya in southern Sicily had first been assumed to be an artificial harbor. It wasn’t, archaeologist Lorenzo Nigro of Sapienza proves
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Re: Nice Article from Haaretz on Motya in Sicily

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Fortunately, Haaretz wasn't the only publication that covered the discovery. I read a fairly extensive article on it. That was some pretty interesting reading.
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