Posted on 06/02/2006 10:47:05 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
Navy construction crews have unearthed a rare Spanish ship that was buried for centuries under sand on Pensacola's Naval Air Station, archaeologists confirmed. The vessel could date to the mid-16th century, when the first Spanish settlement in what is now the United States was founded here... But the exposed portion looks more like ships from a later period because of its iron bolts, said Elizabeth Benchley, director of the Archaeology Institute at the University of West Florida... The exposed keel of the ship juts upward from the sandy bottom of the pit and gives some guess of the vessel's form. Archaeologists estimated the rest of the ship is buried by about 75 feet of sand. During initial work to determine the ship's origin, archaeologists found ceramic tiles, ropes and pieces of olive jars. The settlement was founded in 1559; its exact location is a mystery.
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"It's going to be very expensive because it's so deeply buried, and we would have to have grant money," she said."
---Come on, It's only 75 feet of sand it's buried in. The DIMRats spend more money on worthless crap, how hard would it be for them to hit up a "art loving" DimRat or two to ask for donations.
If i had Gobillions of dollars to burn i would definately be interested in donating some.
At least a little good may have come from Hurricane Ivan -- I am assuming the construction is due to Ivan's destruction.
Yeah, quite correct, I didn't quote that part.
Maybe they could relocate the Chocolate City there, since they like living below sea level on the coast!
"Maybe they could relocate the Chocolate City there, since they like living below sea level on the coast!"
What are you saying??? Keep the Chocolate City in Lousyana....they so deserve eachother!
If anything, relocate the entire state to Mexico....consider it retribution.
The actual cost to dig would be nothing compared to the cost of preparing the environmental impact statement.
and the Environmental Lawsuits afterwards!:P
Then there's the probable restraining order by the marketing department of St. Augustine, FL - America's Oldest City. Founded by the Spanish in 1565.
The settlement in Pensacola was first - 1559. However it was later abandoned.
St. Augustine was established in 1565 and has been continuously occupied ever since.
So St. Augustine is the oldest continuously occupied city the the US. But the settlement at Pensacola was established first.
I know that; I was making a joke.
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