An 18th Century BC tomb of a child was cut through by bulldozers. We blew a unique chance to meticulously excavate every square meter of downtown Beirut and document and save or move everything found. That huge hole going through the bedrock in the old souks area will become an underground garage. In Paris, ancient ruins were found in the square in front of Notre Dame cathedral. They were excavated, then covered with a concrete ceiling on top of which the old square was rebuilt.
Visitors can go down and view the ruins, professionally lit with floodlights.
The same could have been done under the streets, buildings, and, yes, parking garages of Beirut. This is the same profit-motivated mentality that has resulted in the destruction of Lebanon's landscape by pollution, quarries, tree cutting, and mindless construction.