Sunday, February 3, 2019

Greek ship found 2,000 meters beneath surface of Black Sea


In the depths of the Black Sea, more than 80 kilometers (49 miles) off the coast of Burgas, Bulgaria, an ancient Greek merchant ship, resembling paintings of the vessel used by Homer’s Odysseus, was recently discovered by an Anglo-Bulgarian research team.
From carbon dating, the ship is thought to be over 2,400 years old, making it the world’s oldest ship ever found that is still intact. The vessel measures 23 meters long (75 feet), and its rudder, rowing benches, as well as the contents of its cargo hold remain preserved despite being two dozen centuries old.

(The story is more than three months old, but I became aware of it only today.)





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