What to do when you stumble onto a Roman 'city of the dead'? Call in the antiquities cops
Construction of high-rise delayed while Beirut's archaeology team investigates a scene in Gemmayzeh
By Kaelen Wilson-Goldie
Daily Star staff
Saturday, June 05, 2004
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Over the past 10 years, reconstruction efforts in the city of Beirut have swung, pendulum-like, between the ultra-modern and the ancient. Every time a developer breaks new ground for a corporate-style, high-rise office building or towering luxury residential complex, there is an inevitable moment of tension.
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