In our lifetimes, it is likely to shrink to the size it was in the Roman era.

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The remains may be from late Iron Age or early Roman era, an expert said.

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Today we look at these achievements, much as Dark Age peasants looked on the mighty works of the Roman Era, feeling like some golden age has passed when giants walked the Earth.

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Head to the modern Archaeological Park Musuem, built over a part of the town's Roman-era decumanus (the main east-west road in a Roman town).

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Its arena is the only Roman-era amphitheater in the world to put on historical re-enactments, says event organizer Michael Couzigou.

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Additionally, Lucas forecasts that within five years digital images of actors and background will be interactive, allowing a moviemaker to download a bit character or a Roman-era colosseum.

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He became the fourth manager of the Roman Abramovich era following Claudio Ranieri, Jose Mourinho and Avram Grant and speculation has already started over who will be the fifth incumbent.

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The likes of Dubrovnik, Split, Zadar and Rovinj have added a new range of hotels and restaurants to their already attractive Venetian- and Roman-era architecture, and the Adriatic waters are now alive with yachts.

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Each party took 41 seats, most of the rest going to mild Islamists, Turkomen, Christians and Yazidis (followers of a sect that is said to descend from Roman-era worshippers of the god Mithras), nearly all with the blessing of the two big Kurdish parties.

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Just 45 minutes from Beirut is Byblos, a historic coastal city with stunning ancient Roman ruins and a well-preserved Crusader-era castle.

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By the end of 2005 they had some 300 items - from the Neolithic Era, the Bronze Age, the Roman period and medieval times.

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Um er-Rasas (Kastrom Mefa'a) started as a Roman military camp and grew into a town in the Byzantine era and continues into the Early Islamic period.

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For the church, built over a cave which marks the traditional birthplace of Jesus Christ, the biggest problem is water damage from unrepaired leaks and the reluctance of the Greek, Armenian and Roman Catholic hierarchs to agree on any repair plan that might disrupt the Ottoman-era system for sharing access to the building.

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