Monday 13 April 2009

Before and after

That was then (March 2008) ...


A house was pulled down here in this central town street to make way for a new building to be erected on the section - probably an apartment block, as the rest of the street is full of them. Before the ground is dug up to lay foundations for the new building, the archaeologists move in first to check for remains of ancient structures. The remains will be recorded, and eventually the owner of the plot will be allowed to start building on the land.

UPDATE: The holes in the ground are actually made for testing purposes by the archaeology authorities to see if there is anything worth checking out - thanks, Zambia.

This is now...



Four stories high - all that remains of the former place are the walls that divide the surrounding properties.

14 comments:

  1. Where are the one floor houses? We see blocks of flats everywhere. Καλό Πάσχα.

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  2. Glad that the ancient gets due consideration.
    Here in Hawaii, archeologists MUST be called if ancient bones or artifacts are found. workment who disrespect the people of old have been known to be punnished untill things are made correct again. Aloha-

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  3. Yeah, such is life in our archaeology-strewn countries.

    About your question...I guess the man had to dump his money because observant Jews are not allowed to carry money on the Sabbath.

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  4. It is nice to know that they investigate before doing something to the ground. I suspect that Crete has more archaeological remains per square km than most other places.

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  5. Well at least they do get to check it out before they build on the site. So many times the builder just builds and doesn't care who was there before.

    Gobsmacks

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  6. I wonder if they found anything?

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  7. I hope it is an improvement.

    I have made a few changes since you took a break. Hope you can find your way around - just use the index.

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  8. I WISH TO YOU AND YOUR FAMILY, HAPPY EASTER

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  9. It's a bit like that everywhere in Greece. You always end up building on top of archeological sites...

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  10. history preserved.... good thing

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  11. I've done that kind of archaeology work, it doesn't pay much but it was fun. I'm glad you decided to keep blogging.

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  12. Ζεις στην πόλη που γεννήθηκα και αυτό με συγκινεί.
    Έχω περάσει πολλές φορές από τον "τόπο" σου, αλλά δεν άφηνα ποτέ μήνυμα.
    Κάνεις αξιόλογη δουλειά και έχω ευκαιρία να "ζω" κάποια κομμάτια της πόλης μου, μέσα από τα κείμενά σου.

    * Οι τρύπες στο έδαφος λέγονται "δοκιμαστικές τομές" και γίνονται από την Αρχαιολογία για να διαπιστώσουν αν υπάρχει κάτι αξιόλογο...

    Καλημέρα
    Ζαμπία

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