— faltering and tumbling over the submerged buildings — and 

 finally collapse, roaring on the sandy beach. 



Our first task when we arrived in August 1958 was to get a 

 rough idea of the extent of the underwater site. At the west end of 

 the city we found that the great fortified gate tower was being 

 undermined by the sea, and half of it had already collapsed. Swim- 

 mers with masks, fins, and snorkels dived into the water by the 

 tower, taking plastic drawing boards and pencils with them. From 

 the submerged foundations of the seaward part of the tower the 

 western city wall stretched out beneath the waves toward the reef. 

 Halfway along the wall was a square fort, and from this many more 

 walls ran eastward into the bewildering maze of the city itself. 



While the swimmers were making their sketches, another group 

 worked on land setting up the base line, which extended 29 5 3 feet 

 ftom the west gate to the theater. During all of our work on land 



This Greek plate (in Attic style) shows 

 Arcesilaus, King of Cyrene, supervising 

 the weighing of ballast. Apollonia was 

 Cyrene' s chief port and grew fabulously 

 rich on her exports to Rome. 



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