The Zeaharbor Project that spent ten years in undersea excavation of the ancient military naval base of Piraeus has uncovered the enormous shipyard – one of the biggest complexes in the Ancient world – that housed hundreds of triremes used to defeat the Persian fleet in the 5th century BC. See a summary here.
And more detailed article here.
Illustration: Yiannis Nakas
3D reconstruction: Brian Klejn-Christensen
Credit: Vassilis Tsiairis/The Zea Harbor Project
Credit: Bjørn Lovén/The Zea Harbor Project
