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| Tango01 | 17 Jan 2015 10:28 p.m. PST |
… from the Byzantine Empire. "Archeologists in Turkey uncovered a large group of Byzantine-era shipwrecks in an ongoing excavation in Istanbul's Yenikapi district. Researchers recovered six round ships and naval galleys in addition to fishing boats, coasters and one large merchant ship. "Never before has such a large number and types of well-preserved vessels been found at a single location," study author Cemal Pulak, of the Institute of Nautical Archaeology at Texas AM University, said in a press statement, adding, "Even more fascinating is the fact that we can now trace how ship construction and ship design changed over the course of nearly half a millennium." More than just the field-wide thrill of recovering extremely old objects, the find offers archeologists rare insight into the engineering technology of the day…"
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| Skull and Crown | 23 Jan 2015 10:18 p.m. PST |
That's really cool- thanks for digging this up!
Cheers
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