More than 400 archaeologists and archaeological workers are estimated to have been employed by TAP project in by the time its construction has concluded in Greece, said the website of TAP.
Implementing its commitment to protecting Greek tradition and cultural heritage, TAP has announced that its Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) contractors are currently employing more than 40 local archaeologists and archaeological workers in their construction sites, while 70 more are about to be employed in the near future.
Supported and advised by the Greek Ministry of Culture and the various Ephorates of Antiquities, the role of these experts is to investigate and monitor excavation activities and right of way, but also provide rescue work for any potential finds.
Greece constitutes both TAP’s greatest geography (covering 550 km out of the pipeline’s total 878 km) and an area with history and culture spanning over millennia.
TAP project envisages transportation of gas from the Stage 2 of development of Azerbaijan’s Shah Deniz gas and condensate field to the EU countries.
The 870-kilometer pipeline will be connected to the Trans Anatolian Pipeline (TANAP) on the Turkish-Greek border, run through Greece, Albania and the Adriatic Sea, before coming ashore in Italy’s south. (Trend/Business World Magazine)
