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| Model of The Heroine - Source: ATM Nautical Archaeology Program |
Steamboats Claimed By The Red River
We may be sure that, in every place where men have dwelled, there is evidence of their presence. Whether it exists on the surface or below the ground, the evidence is there. It could take the form of a trash heap, a pile of bones, or a circle of stones. It might be something typical, such as an indigenous burial ground. Again, it can be unusual: it could be a vehicle or even an entire city. Whatever it may be, it is there.
Sir Austen Layard (who wrote one of my favorite books) brought the ancient city of Nineveh out of obscurity and into the light - literally. The mighty capital of the Assyrian Empire had been buried beneath the earth and lost, so much so that in the days of ancient Greece it was already unknown. Mr. Layard was the archaeologist who rediscovered and excavated that fabled city, bringing it to the surface one spade full at a time.
