Show uncover buried cities lost to remembrance discovery of now new arche archaeological archeological records covering approximately years from the earliest days of civilization to the time of christ Is reported by the expedition of the toledo museum of 0 art and the university of michigan in mesopotamia the expeditions findings have been made bade on olt the site of Sel eucla opts and A lishak three ancient cities which nourished flourished inversely in the order named mamed on a single site on the tigris river not far from the city of bagdad in persia they were destroyed st burled buried and forgotten accounts of the expeditions work were given by the chief excavator the expedition was organized to establish definitely the position of the famous city of opts which xenophon in his memoirs described as prosperous find and wealthy and as a city of size several censures cen tures before christ ile he established the site of opts but on top of it found the still more famous faill city of Sel eucla a hellenistic independent state set up by Se leucus mentor Nl cator favorite general of alexander the great hardly had bad Sel eucla been rediscovered when the expedition found traces of a third city deeper in the same site which they have identified us as a occupation dating at least as early as aa years before christ akshay Is described as contemporary with the historically important chaldean city of vr ur |