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'African Pompeii': Archeologists Digging Up Ancient City Shrouded in Mystery
CC BY 2.0 / David Stanley / Byzantine basilica at Adulis
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13:56 15.03.2018Get short URL
 

Buried under layers of sand and mud for almost 14 centuries, the lost city of Adulis is finally returning to light to become the first national archaeological park of Sub-Saharan Africa, an event that would revitalize the territory from a tourist and economic point of view.

The archeologists are slowly working their way through the layers of mud, sand and shrubs excavating a city of 40 hectares, entirely in stone and in practically perfect condition.

https://sputniknews.com/science/201803151062558821-ancient-city-archeologists/