The dam that made the lake that covered the city was completed in middle of 1986. Why was the excavation not started way before that time? Was it because people were still living in the city? Whatever the reason, the article doesn't talk about any of this. Why not? --- I know that there are way too many ruined ancient cities in the world that should be excavated. There aren't enough people to do the work. Get this one done before it is covered by water again. But there are many more, actively being used by the people still living there, sitting right out in the open. This city was probably well known back in the 1960s. Where are the modern records of it before it was submerged?