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