Find in the Black Sea the oldest intact remains of a ship

The oldest "intact" wreck in the world, the remains of a Greek trade ship dating from 400 BC, was discovered at the bottom of the Black Sea, an Anglo-Bulgarian expedition announced Tuesday. I never thought it would be possible to find intact, and two kilometers deep, a ship dating from antiquity, "said Professor Jon Adams, director of the Center for Maritime Archeology at the University of Southampton (south of England). The Black Sea MAP expedition (Maritime Archeology Project) probed for more than three years about 2 thousand square km of Black Sea bottoms, off the coast of Bulgaria, using a sonar and a remote-controlled vehicle, with several cameras designed for exploration in deep water. The team discovered more than 60 shipwrecks dating from antiquity to the seventeenth century. The oldest, of 2,400 years, has been found at a depth where water lacks oxygen and can "conserve organic matter for thousands of years," the Black Sea Map team said. The ship's remains were dated with carbon 14. It is a "type of Greek trade boat" that until now was only "observed" in the decorations of "ancient Greek ceramics," the scientists said.

• 2018-10-23T20:00:38+00:00
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