Archaeologists Sound Alarm about Risk BP Drilling in Libya Could Pose to Ancient Sites

Some of Libya's most important coastal ruins could be irreparably harmed by an oil spill.  

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With its rich ancient sites only recently opened up to visitors, Libya's slowly developing tourism industry may be in trouble before it really even gets going. According to archaeologists, 7th-century-BC cities and historic shipwrecks -- many of them still being surveyed -- could be at risk from BP's plans to sink an oil well off the country's coast before the end of the year.

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