Several of my readers have asked me about the Greek and Roman ruins in Libya, and while I'm not an Anthropologist or an Archeologist, I've always had an interest in those subjects, and I guess, if my profession as a geologist put me in a country like Libya, which is essentially a desert and except for some scattered oasis's and some higher elevation terrain forestry areas north of Benghazi. But most of the country is basically a low humid desert area, which preserves historic buildings and even tracks in the sand. Now put an "Arkansas Arrowhead Hunter" there, where relics from at least two World Wars are scattered over the countryside as if the soldiers had left last week, along with thousands of items from various Civilizations, and you have an Amateurs Collector's Paradice. At least I thought so.

It had only been a few weeks after Vertis arrived when we did our first driving trip to see the area around Benghazi. I bought a Fiat 500 when I arrived, which was about the least expensive car on the market. It was OKAY, for short trips to the downtown ESSO Office, but at 6 foot 2 inches tall I was cramped driving it to put it mildly. Anyway, our first trip away from Benghazi was to drive along the coast road northeast to Cyrene.

Since Easter has just past, in three of the Gospels,........

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