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Drought, energy dearth in large cities may reflect ancient failures.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)

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From: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service
Date: 20010314
Author:Boyd, Robert S.

"My name is Ozymandius, king of kings:

Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair!"

Nothing beside remains. Round the decay

Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare

The lone and level sands stretch far away.

_ English poet Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822)

SAN FRANCISCO _ Historians and archaeologists who study the downfall of ancient civilizations are warning that parts of the modern world may be heading the way of history's fallen empires.

Researchers say the overcrowded cities, water shortages and electricity brownouts in 21st-century California, ...

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