tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9175420416600263566.post1949692584147843152..comments2024-01-23T06:44:04.565+04:00Comments on rouba abouzeid: First Phoenician port in Beirut demolishedroubahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08423771410963937607noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9175420416600263566.post-29855174695218604642012-06-29T23:55:34.597+04:002012-06-29T23:55:34.597+04:00Thanks for the insight on Britain. Corruption is e...Thanks for the insight on Britain. Corruption is everywhere, no doubt.<br /><br />But I guess when you know Beirut's Downtown turned out to be a historical treasure in hiding and everything was demolished for ugly parking lots and, ironically, Lebanese traditional (fake) buildings to be built instead (under the hypocritical reconstruction of post-war Beirut), we can't help but be outraged. The fact that they knew of that site's importance and yet chose to disregard it makes it even worse. They're bluntly saying to Lebanese, we don't care about YOUR heritage. This site might be of importance to all the Lebanese and might be symbolically owned by all Lebanese, we still don't care about your opinion. You have no say in what we do with your cultural heritage.roubahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08423771410963937607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9175420416600263566.post-85506666778850313022012-06-29T17:40:17.247+04:002012-06-29T17:40:17.247+04:00More or less every big build in the City of London...More or less every big build in the City of London involves archaeological finds, a discovery and recording process followed by shoving a skyscraper on top. When I worked on site we found the main Roman Road to Colchester, along with a Roman cemetery. A number of buildings display artifacts uncovered during construction, they used to/may have Roman pieces in 250 Bishopsgate.<br />Lebanon should be praised to actually have the legislation and governance so that some archaeological work can be done, and it actually went to ministerial level for sign off. Even in the UK large firms will cover up remains in order not to add months of archaeology work to be scheduled in, so I think this story is more positive than it actually reads.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06588265210142578321noreply@blogger.com