Word: carmania
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...team of Harvard archaeologists unearthed last summer the lost citadel of Carmania, the ancient city in southeastern Iran which Alexander the Great conquered bloodlessly...
...group, headed by C. C. Lamberg-Karlovsky, assistant professor of Anthropology at the Peabody Museum, found the remains of Carmania near the top of a mound, known as Tepe Yahya, which they were exploring...
Evidence which led Lamberg-Karlovsky to believe that he had indeed found Carmania included the discovery of elephant teeth in the top of the mound. Elephants are uncommon to Persia but were regularly used by Alexander for military transportation...
...higher levels of the mound, the Peabody team has discovered evidence that the community survived far beyond the neolithic era. Higher still are the remains of a fortified Persian city built in approximately 400 B.C. Lemberg-Karlovsky suspects that it is the ancient city of Carmania, which Alexander the Great conquered without shedding a drop of blood in 325 B.C. Although his theory is as yet unproven, the Harvard anthropologist points out that the teeth of elephants, animals uncommon to the area but regularly used for military transportation by Alexander, have been unearthed in the top of the mound...
Cunard has ripped out the Edwardian trappings of two of its ships, installed bowling lanes and nightclubs and rechristened the ships Carmania and Franconia. Along its Mediterranean stops, the American Export Lines provides variety in entertainment by picking up Spanish flamenco dancers in one port, carrying them to the next, and then taking aboard another set of locals. The Italian Line hires hostesses-often some one who can claim a titled name-to help passengers get acquainted...