European researchers lately found a number of historical shipwrecks in Greek waters, a few of which date again 1000’s of years.
The shipwrecks have been found within the waters surrounding the island of Kasos, the Greek Ministry of Tradition, a authorities division that preserves the nation’s cultural heritage and promotes the humanities, introduced on March 13. The survey was accomplished in October 2023.
In a press launch translated from Greek to English, officers mentioned that “a complete of ten shipwrecks have been found, in addition to essential particular person finds.”
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The oldest sunken shipwrecks on the web site date again to 3000 B.C., and the earliest are from World Warfare II. Shipwrecks from the Classical interval (460 B.C.), Hellenistic Greece (100 B.C. to 100 A.D.) and Roman Greece (200 B.C. to 300 A.D.) have been additionally discovered.
The current underwater archaeological survey was performed close to Kasos, Greece. (Greece Ministry of Tradition and Sports activities)
Researchers additionally discovered wrecks and artifacts from the medieval interval and the time of the Ottoman Empire. Researchers dove as deep as 154 ft to look at the wrecks.
“[The study of the artifacts] gives new info and archaeological knowledge [about] elements of the historical past of Kasos in addition to the wealthy cultural heritage of the Mediterranean,” the Greek Ministry of Tradition mentioned.
“Sunken stays of historical ships with items from Spain, Italy, Africa and the coasts of Asia Minor have been dropped at gentle by an interdisciplinary workforce of Greek and overseas researchers and professors.”
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Researchers found wrecks and artifacts from the medieval interval and the time of the Ottoman Empire, plus classical Greece and historical Rome. (Greece Ministry of Tradition and Sports activities)
Utilizing tech tools, researchers snapped over 20,000 underwater images, which have been used to check the findings.
“[The study] dropped at gentle distinctive finds, together with: a Spanish Dressel 20 amphora with a seal on its deal with dated between 150-170 AD,” the press launch mentioned. Amphoras have been vessels used to hold liquid, akin to olive oil.
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Over 20,000 underwater images have been taken of the traditional shipwrecks. (Greece Ministry of Tradition and Sports activities)
Researchers additionally discovered African-made ingesting vessels and bottles from the Roman Greece interval, together with a stone anchor from the Greek Archaic Interval (800 B.C. to 480 B.C.)
“On the identical time, the mapping and bathymetry of the Kasos-Karpathos reef and the Karpatholimnion space was carried out for the primary time, with using a facet scanning sonar machine,” the Greek Ministry of Tradition’s launch mentioned.
“Lastly, the stays of a shipwreck from the most recent interval, probably from the World Warfare II period, have been recognized. It’s a wood boat with metallic parts, the scale of which is estimated at 25 [meters] to 30 [meters].”
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Surveyors discovered a number of artifacts referring to historical buying and selling networks within the wrecks. (Greece Ministry of Tradition and Sports activities)
Fox Information Digital reached out to the Greek Ministry of Tradition and the Ephorate of Underwater Antiquities for extra info.
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