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To any marine archeologists out there:  can you help me with a reference?

I recall a dig I heard about that involved an ancient marine
harpor built by a king as his commercial port.

This discovery was unique in that there appeared to be some
advanced architectural and engineering techology to the harbor
and breakwater.  It has been suggested that the ancients had
constructed a protective port that was self dredging by design.
This design prevented the harbor from accumulating silt and
eventually becoming unnavigatable to ships.

Does anyone recogize this reference, and have any further info.

If so, please let me know....Thanks...

Mark L. -  scuba@uc*.be*.ed*

"Although human subtlety makes a variety of inventions by
different means to the same end, it will never devise an
invention more beautiful, more simple or more direct than does
nature, because in her inventions nothing is lacking, and
nothing is superfluous" - Leonardo DaVinci

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