- Title: EGYPT: ROMAN AMPHITHEATRE DISCOVERED.
- Date: 5th December 1964
- Summary: 1. GV PAN FROM MODERN BUILDINGS TO EXCAVATIONS. 0.14 2. SV AMPHITHEATRE. 0.18 3. GV & SV TILT UP STEPS IN AMPHITHEATRE (TWO SHOTS). 0.28 4. GV MAN WALKING IN AMPHITHEATRE. 0.33 5. GTV BUILDINGS UNCOVERED. 0.38 6. GV PAN DRESSING ROOMS AND BATHS. 0.46 7. STV PAN MUSLIM GRAVES. 0.53 8. SV MAN SHOWS DESIGN OF TOP OF COLUMN. 0.59 9. SV ROMAN CROSS ON STONE. 1.02 10. GVS ROMAN RUINS (3 SHOTS). 1.15 Initials AK/S/MGT/BB Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
- Embargoed: 20th December 1964 12:00
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- Location: ALEXANDRIA, EGYPT
- Country: Egypt
- Reuters ID: LVA8MSR04UAIYVLNN2BO5A3BWJUC
- Story Text: ARCHAEOLOGISTS FROM A EUROPEAN EXPEDITION HAVE BEEN EXCAVATING A ROMAN AMPHITHEATRE NEAR ALEXANDRIA. LED BY PROFESSOR KUBIAK FROM WARSAW UNIVERSITY, THEY HAVE DISCOVERED A MARBLE EDIFICE BUILT IN THE THIRD OR FOURTH CENTURY A.D. BURIED AT A DEPTH OF 30 FEET (9 METRES).
ELABORATE DRESSING-ROOMS, BATHS AND STAGE WERE BUILT FOR THE ACTORS, WHILE THE AUDIENCE SAT ON TIERS IN THE TRADITIONAL MANNER. IN SUBSEQUENT YEARS, WHEN THE AMPHITHEATRE FELL INTO DISUSE, THE BUILDING WAS USED BY WANDERERS. IN LATER YEARS, MUSLIMS CAME TO BURY THEIR DEAD IN THE PRECINCTS. NOW, THE UNITED ARAB REPUBLIC GOVERNMENT IS RESTORING SOME OF THE RUINS.
IN 30 B.C. THE EMPEROR AUGUSTUS TOOK EGYPT FOR HIMSELF. IT BECAME THE GRANARY OF ROME, AND ROMANS TOOK OVER THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE COUNTRY THROUGH EGYPTIAN OFFICIALS. ROME GOVERNED THE COUNTRY FOR MANY YEARS AND WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR MANY FINE BUILDINGS SUCH AS THE AMPHITHEATRE AT ALEXANDRIA.
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