A buried treasure, 2,000 years old, is about to be lost — again. A recently unearthed Roman city, rich in ancient art, will sink beneath the rising waters of a hydroelectric project within a month. “We only have three weeks to finish our work. It’s absolutely not enough time for us,” said Turkish archaeologist Yussef Yavas. The ancient city of Zuegma was one of the Roman Empire’s easternmost outposts. Located at the strategic point where the silk route from ancient China to Europe crossed the Euphrates River, it was torched by Persian invaders in A.D. 252. A recent excavation discovered that, like the volcanic eruption that preserved Pompeii in A.D. 79, the fire preserved the garrison town and its wealth of treasures.

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