Exploration of shipwreck of Polyaigos
Updated: 2010-01-29 16:24:00
From Ana-mpa.gr
The Culture Ministry intends to designate a shipwreck off the tiny uninhabited Cycladic isle of Polyaigos, in the central Aegean, as a "underwater archaeological site" after completion of an initial examination of finds that surfaced during recent marine digs, according to a ministry announcement. Divers on the maritime excavations in November 2009 recovered vases dating back to the 4th and 5th centuries BC from depths of 25-49 meters off the coast of Polyaigos
Aquatic archaeologists...
From the Indiana University
The first pirate's cannon recovered in the Caribbean is resting in a Hoosier underwater science lab at Indiana University Bloomington under the watchful eye of archaeologist Charles Beeker and other researchers and students.
The Children's Museum of Indianapolis, the world's largest children's museum, announces its partnership with IU to provide funding for the transport of the 17th century relic.
Beeker, director of the Office of Underwater Science in IU...
By Ashley Newman-Owens - Wrightsville Beach Magazine
The story should stop at the testimony of the first mate. But, of course, it doesnt.Had you been among the hundreds enjoying the beach that late summer Sunday afternoon, chances are you would have seen her the three-masted schooner William H. Sumner, making her way northward. Built in Camden, Maine, in 1891, she registered 489 net tons, measured 165 feet in length with a 35-foot beam. he Puerto Rican-owned ship was chartered for...
BBC News
Dr Margaret Rule clearly remembers receiving a phone call from diver Richard Keen on Christmas Day 1982 saying he had found a ship wreck.The ship was located in the mouth of St Peter Port and was suspected to be a medieval barge. Closer inspection in summer 1983 revealed it was in fact a Roman ship and so work began to "rescue" it. t was raised between 1984 and 1986 and since 1999 has been at the Mary Rose Trust undergoing preservation work.Dr Rule described raising the...
Thalassa - Le Magazine de la Mer
Hier, ils étaient pirates, flibustiers, contrebandiers. Aujourd’ui, ils sont chasseurs de trésors ! Thalassa vous fait découvrir l’nivers de ces aventuriers modernes.En mer, au cours des siècles, des milliers de navires ont fait naufrage sur toutes les routes commerciales du monde. Mais comment les retrouver ? Ce qui était difficilement réalisable il y a encore quelques dizaines d’nnées,...
From the Japan Times
A Japanese-Turkish research team announced Monday the discovery of a British-minted gold coin and a Japanese silver coin from a Turkish warship that sank 120 years ago off Kushimoto, Wakayama Prefecture."Still there should be lots of gold coins" inside the ship Ertugrul, said Tufan Turanli, who heads the underwater archaeological team.The gold coin, dated 1856, measures 2.2 cm in diameter and weighs 8 grams.Ertugrul, a 76-meter wooden ship of the Ottoman Turks, sank...
The personal details of convicts sent down under 200 years ago have been put online.
The British government has released the details to coincide with Australia Day on Tuesday, allowing individuals to search through an online data base to check if they are descended from criminals.
If they do find they have convict ancestors, most Australians [...]
From FECYT - Spanish Foundation for Science and Technology
A team of chemists from the University of Valencia (UV) has confirmed that the substance used to hermetically seal an amphora found among remains at Lixus, in Morocco, was pine resin. The scientists also studied the metallic fragments inside the 2,000-year-old vessel, which could be fragments of material used for iron-working.In 2005, a group of archaeologists from the UV discovered a sealed amphora among the remains at Lixus,...
By Expos Unlimited - Collectors Universe
A decade after its first appearance, the precedent-setting "Ship of Gold" display showcasing California Gold Rush-era sunken treasure recovered from the 1857 shipwreck of the SS Central America again will dock in Long Beach, California.
"The ‘hip of Gold’exhibit is coming out of dry dock and returning to its first port of call, the Long Beach Expo," said Ronald J. Gillio, Expo General Chairman. "The eye-opening display on the convention...
By Mark R. Kent - Al.com
A Virginia archaeologist is using modern technology to locate and mark gravesites in the older half of Old Plateau Cemetery. The cemetery is at Bay Bridge Road and Cut-Off Road, near the Cochrane-Africatown Bridge. Often known as Africatown Cemetery, it is the final resting place for Cudjoe Lewis and 109 other surviving African slaves from the slave ship Clotilde. On a Sunday in July 1859, the Clotilde, also known as the Clotilda, struck a sandbar the...
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By Gamini Mahadura - The Sunday Times
Galle port with its splendid natural harbour was an important port in days of yore being reputed as a trade centre due to its location just 12 miles away from international sea routes. Many sunken ships have been found here according to the UNESCO Pacific Zone’ marine archaeological centre in Galle Fort.There are as many as 26 places that need to be surveyed here which have a history dating back a hundred years. Along the coast in the Galle...
By Sally Bengtsson - Le@der
Buried beneath shells, rocks and sand, for 2,600 years, while the construction boom has been completely changing the surrounding landscape, a treasure of incalculable value has lain just off La Manga. Now, 26 centuries later, archaeologists from eleven countries are bringing these antique objects to the light of day once again. The find appears to be the cargo of a commercial ship carrying ivory from African elephants, amber and lots of ceramic objects. The...
From Sify News
A rare Bugatti that lay at the bottom of a lake for 73 years is set to fetch over 80,000 pounds at auction-the price of a brand new luxury motor.The legendary car was dumped in the water in 1936 by a frustrated Swiss official because the owner had abandoned it without paying the import tax. The value of the car was less than the money owed and the customs officer was compelled to destroy it.Thus, he drove it over the Italian border to nearby Lake Maggiore - and pushed it...
By Nadim Kawach - Emirates Business
More than 15 Omani sailors will set sail from the port of Muscat next month, heading for Singapore aboard a wooden vessel modelled on the famous Tang Treasure ship that sank in the Indian Ocean while laden with gold and other precious items belonging to the old Chinese Tang dynasty.The 18-metre long Jewel of Muscat, a reconstructed ninth century sewn-plank ship, has started sailing in the Sea of Oman on the first sea trial ahead of its formal voyage...
From Physorg.com
The dreaded shipworm is moving into the Baltic Sea, threatening artefacts of the area's cultural heritage. Researchers at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, suspect that the unfortunate spread is due to climate change, and are currently involved in an EU project to determine which archaeological remains are at risk.
The shipworm is capable of completely destroying large maritime archaeological finds in only 10 years, and while it has avoided the Baltic Sea in the...