Posted on 07/03/2013 9:18:19 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
Thanks ToL. A few years back the seabed off Actium was searched for traces of the big naval battle between Octavian and Antony. I could have sworn we had a topic about the rather sparse finds, but haven’t yet turned it up.
http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/salamis/index
Search On For Secret Of Greek Sea Battle
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1427416/posts
Vast and Deadly Fleets May Yield Secrets at Last
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/1178420/posts
[a few minutes go by]
Oh, that’s why I couldn’t find it — the helmet was found off Haifa, Israel.
Found: Ancient Warrior’s Helmet, Owner Unknown (Greek Mercenary Helmet, Circa 600 B.C.)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/2852306/posts
Mystery of incredibly ornate 2,600-year-old bronze Greek warrior helmet found on seabed
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/2853024/posts
Ahhhh! Perusal fodder. See you later, and thank you so much!
Underwater archaeology projects
http://www.abc.se/~pa/uwa/projects.htm
Wow! Thanks.
Say, are you trying to get rid of me? ;-)
No, I just like to take an undeserved *bow* for all these nautical topics.
Dan Rather, Katie Couric, etc.
[smiles - smooch]
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