Sunday, November 9, 2008

Egyptian ancient world in danger

I was recently listening to a story in NPR in radio about Rising Sea Levels Threaten Egypt's Ancient Cities is dealing with a problems of modern Egypt and also gives an insight into its past. More than two thousand years ago conqueror Alexander the Great built the city of Alexandria and turned it into his capital. This city amazed people with its beauty and great architecture which unfortunately wasn’t preserved completely to our modern times- due to earthquakes many of the places are under water now. For example, the Pharos Lighthouse, one of the Seven Wonders of the ancient world, was recently discovered by underwater archeologists.
Unfortunately, Alexandria is still under threat of being soaked by the Mediterranean Sea water. Global warming may exacerbate this problem- climate change is causing the Mediterranean Sea’s water to rise, which is affecting vegetation along the River Nile. Egyptian government is already preparing the plan to relocate the population and build barriers to protect its land.
I really hope that Egyptian scientist will find a way to preserve the historical monuments, works of art and archeological masterpieces. Scientist in this country is preoccupied with the problem of global warming and hopefully their researches will be helpful for other ecologists all over the world.

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