sciam.com — "Would-be warlords, take note. Researchers say they have figured out how the Macedonian conqueror Alexander the Great was able to build a nearly kilometer-long road over the sea to strike at the island of Tyre in 332 B.C. Based on geologic samples taken from the area, in what is now Lebanon."
May 15, 2007 View in Crawl 4
dollarslaveMay 15, 2007
Yet another example of fine Greek accomplishments. I can't get enough of them.
j37hr0May 15, 2007
Where is the rest of the article? It ends far too soon. ""It meant," Marriner says, "that the causeway foundations could be laid down in relatively shallow water." "
smittingMay 15, 2007
Thank you digg for digging down Berndt. I doubt he's ever tried to be the boss of an engineer.Besides the fact building a bridge is a lot easier project to manage than taking over the world.
Closed AccountMay 15, 2007
You were kinda dumb to open your mouth
dn11May 15, 2007
I didn't read it, but after reading the title I got a strange urge to fire up Civ IV
comfykeykeyMay 16, 2007
Spam?
berndtMay 16, 2007
@smitting huh? I dug you down? Not that I know of! Anyhow, I don't get why YOU dug ME down; my comment was intended as a (funny) compliment to fatfinger for seeing that things haven't changed much in the thousands of years since Alexander. No offense intended