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Friday, July 09, 2010

Encountering new life in timeless sites of Turkey and Syria

"Encountering new life in timeless sites of Turkey and Syria
By Annette Atkins, Marge Barrett and Lois Rogers
Saturday, July 10, 2010

DARA, Turkey — We made our way down the 100+ steps to the granary/cistern that Roman soldiers built here in southeast Turkey in the 580s — amazed, of course, as our guide intends us to be, by the cavern's depth, even artistry. More amazing, though, is the procession of 20 or so Kurdish people coming down the stairs after us, having untangled themselves from a bus half the size of ours."

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