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Rare 400-year-old ship found in German river is a stunningly preserved 'time capsule'
livescience.com ^ | Tom Metcalfe

Posted on 08/11/2022 2:16:05 PM PDT by BenLurkin

Maritime archaeologists in northern Germany have discovered the wreckage of a 400-year-old cargo ship that "sank almost standing," escaped decay from ravenous shipworms and still has the barrels of lime it was carrying for the stone-building industry centuries ago.

The ship, a rare discovery, is from the Hanseatic period, when a group of northern European trade guilds dominated the Baltic and North seas from the 13th to 17th centuries, Live Science previously reported. Wood quickly rots away underwater in this region, and few shipwrecks of this age have ever been found. But maritime archaeologists think the wreck survived beneath the waves because it was quickly engulfed and protected by a layer of fine mud carried there by the river Trave, which leads to the city of Lübeck about 5 miles (8 kilometers) inland.

The wrecked ship was between 66 to 82 feet (20 to 25 m) long and may have been a galliot, a single-masted cargo ship common during the Hanseatic period, Fritz Jürgens, the lead maritime archaeologist on the project and assistant chair of protohistory, medieval and postmedieval archaeology at Kiel University in Germany, told Live Science. At that time, the towns and guilds of northern Germany and elsewhere in Europe made up a successful bloc — the Hansa — that dominated trade throughout the Baltic and the North Sea.

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TOPICS: History
KEYWORDS: 400; ageofsail; german; germany; godsgravesglyphs; hanseaticleague; lbeck; middleages; quicklime; renaissance; river; ship
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1 posted on 08/11/2022 2:16:05 PM PDT by BenLurkin
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To: BenLurkin

Hmmmm. Following science?


2 posted on 08/11/2022 2:20:41 PM PDT by rktman (Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this? 😕)
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To: rktman

DS having trouble with bread and circus, so moving to rare ships.


3 posted on 08/11/2022 2:23:18 PM PDT by C210N (Everything will be okay in the end. If it’s not okay, it’s not the end.)
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To: C210N

Look over there! 😂✌


4 posted on 08/11/2022 2:29:45 PM PDT by rktman (Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this? 😕)
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To: BenLurkin

Interesting.


5 posted on 08/11/2022 2:31:38 PM PDT by Conservat1
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To: C210N

Dude. Seriously hope you are joking.


6 posted on 08/11/2022 2:35:43 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire, or both.)
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To: BenLurkin

“But maritime archaeologists think the wreck survived beneath the waves because it was quickly engulfed and protected by a layer of fine mud carried there by the river Trave...”

And the nobility that controlled the wehrluecken were notoriously lazy about dredging their canals.


7 posted on 08/11/2022 2:35:47 PM PDT by Boogieman
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To: BenLurkin

Makes me wish I had a good ravenous shipworm story to relate.


8 posted on 08/11/2022 2:37:34 PM PDT by ComputerGuy (Heavily-medicated for your protection)
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To: SunkenCiv

Ping


9 posted on 08/11/2022 2:44:23 PM PDT by rdl6989 ( )
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To: BenLurkin; C210N; rktman

Some people are so obsessed they see conspiracies everywhere. Look, even the Germans are in on it! They held news of this find until after the FBI raid on purpose!

It’s pretty sad when you think about it


10 posted on 08/11/2022 2:59:14 PM PDT by bigdaddy45
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To: bigdaddy45

How much doubt is there that we are at War. War with DS, FIB, CIA, DOJ, MSM.

At this point, there is nothing else than fighting this war.

IMVHO.


11 posted on 08/11/2022 3:18:14 PM PDT by C210N (Everything will be okay in the end. If it’s not okay, it’s not the end.)
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To: C210N

“DS having trouble with bread and circus, so moving to rare ships”.

??? I hope you’re kidding.


12 posted on 08/11/2022 3:44:53 PM PDT by laplata (They want each crisis to take the greatest toll possible.)
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Thanks rdl6989.

13 posted on 08/11/2022 4:04:07 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: BenLurkin

It is true! 400 year old ships aren’t found that often in that river.


14 posted on 08/11/2022 4:50:33 PM PDT by GingisK
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To: BenLurkin

Amazing. Really. I immediately thought it may have popped up from a time travel sink hole somehow. I heard a made for Amazon Prime tv series is gonna have an extra hole in the ground if they don’t renew the OUTER RANGE scifi series. They have extra bisons roaming around too if anyone is wondering why you’re seeing so many incidents where the Buffalo roam. Video made the Weather Channel even. 🙄


15 posted on 08/11/2022 4:54:58 PM PDT by FryingPan101 (God bless you, Jim.)
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To: BenLurkin

Fascinating. The “Vasa” survived intact because of a similar confluence of underwater factors.


16 posted on 08/11/2022 5:14:02 PM PDT by Tax-chick (Nature, art, silence, simplicity, peace. And fungi.)
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To: BenLurkin; SunkenCiv

Not surprisingly, the barrels containing the lime were made of coconut.


17 posted on 08/11/2022 5:18:35 PM PDT by Larry Lucido (Donate! Don't just post clickbait!)
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To: Larry Lucido

LOL!


18 posted on 08/11/2022 5:47:23 PM PDT by SgtHooper (If you remember the 60's, YOU WEREN'T THERE!)
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To: Larry Lucido

LOL


19 posted on 08/11/2022 6:06:15 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: C210N

Well its good to know you’re being vigilant. Keep us informed as to the latest developments. Meanwhile, i’m going to dinner with friends and enjoying life. Let me know if I need to head home, grab my Glock and strap up.


20 posted on 08/11/2022 7:10:58 PM PDT by bigdaddy45
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