Known for bulldozing archeology ruins into the sea, is it hello BP and bye bye Appolonia?
Libya’s ancient archeological sites under threat from offshore oil spills. British Petroleum (BP), whose Deepwater Horizon offshore oil well was spewing thousands of barrels of oil into the Gulf of Mexico for more than five months, was at the same time involved in undersea energy exploration and drilling in the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Libya. Some conspiracy theorists have even proposed that the UK released an imprisoned terrorist to soften future oil business between Libya and the British country. But before we get ahead of ourselves… Preservationists have woken up to the fact that BP oil drilling off Libya’s coast and beach areas, contain many ancient archeological sites (underwater and on land) that would be severely damaged in the event of a major oil spill. This danger was pointed out by Treehugger where it was reported that archeologists are “sounding the alarm” in regards to these undersea drilling operations. Ancient remains of the Greek and Roman provinces of Ptolema
