http://kplu.org en http://kplu.org/post/istanbul-byzantine-era-fleet-surfaces-again In Istanbul, major public transit projects are back under way after years of paralysis. The problem wasn't a lack of financing, but the layer upon layer of ancient artifacts that turned up every time the earthmovers started their work.<p>The excavation began eight years ago on projects intended to ease Istanbul's notoriously clogged traffic.<p>The job included building a tunnel under the Bosphorus Strait and linking it to a rail and subway network. Mon, 03 Dec 2012 18:35:25 +0000 Peter Kenyon 7267 at http://kplu.org In Istanbul, A Byzantine-era fleet surfaces again http://kplu.org/post/istanbul-city-spies-fact-and-fiction <p>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OErGKw_3o6Q</p> Sun, 09 Sep 2012 15:03:16 +0000 Peter Kenyon 6257 at http://kplu.org Istanbul, A City Of Spies In Fact And Fiction