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...early history. But recent digs have turned up enough material to flesh out two rich chapters in that saga. At Sardis, in western Turkey, a Harvard-Cornell N.Y.U. group has uncovered what is believed to be one of King Croesus' fabled gold refineries. In the barren desert of southeastern Iran, archaeologists from Harvard's Peabody Museum have found evidence of an extinct Middle Eastern city that was conquered by Alexander the Great during the latter part of its 5,500-year existence...
...central Roxbury, Unity Bank is an unimpressive grey building with large arched doorways. Inside, the walls are just beginning to crack in some places and the bank seems small. Up the street, a drab, pre-fabricated government housing project stands alone, near completion, in the middle of a large barren lot. And directly across from Unity lies another lot--this one empty and muddy. But Unity's forlorn appearance and surroundings are deceiving...
Driving through the Negev at night is like driving anywhere. The darkness obscures the rocky, barren plain that stretches out from the road, and it is impossible to see the rough peaks that rise sharply from the flat desert surface. It's just you and the highway, and the road could be the New Jersey Turnpike or a quiet strip in the country...
East Java authorities first received reports early this year of a series of kidnapings, robberies and murders in South Blitar, a barren and isolated region distinguished only by its long tradition of rebellion. The troubles were not linked to political activity until a Communist group staged an arms raid on an air-force installation in Surabaja, East Java's largest city...
Trouble lies in pools along the barren road I've taken...