full title, "Large Sunken Byzantine Ship Discovered in Black Sea off the Coast of Sevastopol on Crimean Peninsula".
Over 100 amphorae have been discovered by Russian divers on the site of a Byzantine shipwreck said to be at least 1,000 years old off the coast of Sevastopol on the Crimean (Taurica) Peninsula. Photo: TV grab from Zvezda TV
1 posted on
05/30/2015 4:58:43 AM PDT by
SunkenCiv
To: SunkenCiv
Why is it that ships carrying amphorae sink? I’d never be caught with amphorae on the water.
2 posted on
05/30/2015 5:31:05 AM PDT by
1010RD
(First, Do No Harm)
To: SunkenCiv
Gordon Lightfoot will record 'The Wreck of the Byzantine Vessel'. 😊
6 posted on
05/30/2015 8:10:32 AM PDT by
ExCTCitizen
(I'm ExCTCitizen and I approve this reply. If it does offend Libs, I'm NOT sorry...)
To: SunkenCiv
The average size of the amphorae is about 75 cm (appr. 2.5 feet) in height, and 50 cm (app. 1.7 feet) in length...I'm trying to envision this and cannot get it straight.
10 posted on
05/31/2015 9:19:05 AM PDT by
curmudgeonII
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