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Posted on 12/20/2007 12:35:27 PM PST by SunkenCiv
A shipwreck off the south coast may provide valuable information about the nautical and economic history of the region, according to the Department of Antiquities.
The shipwreck at Mazotos is the first underwater research project to be exclusively run by Cypriot institutions.
The project was undertaken by the Research Unit of Archaeology of the University of Cyprus in agreement with the Department of Antiquities.
According to a statement from the Department of Antiquities, the shipwreck seems to have been a commercial vessel of the Late Classical period.
Part of the cargo of the ship lies on the sea bottom and consists of amphorae, most probably from Chios.
No other ceramic types were identified for the time being or any other parts of the ship (such as anchors) but the spatial distribution of the amphorae may indicate that the hull of the ship is buried under the sand.
(Excerpt) Read more at famagusta-gazette.com ...
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Ah. “I see,” said the blind man, “how well the lame man can walk,” as he picked up his hammer and saw.
Cyprus Divers to Dig Out Ancient Ship
by Menelaos Hadjicostis
Friday, January 25, 2008
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5hTD0lAkdG4FdBr1AMUKps-HeA-UQD8UCFFC00
Men inspect an amphorae, thought to have carried wine, discovered on a 2,350 year old shipwreck off Cyprus in this May 29, 2008 handout photograph released by Cyprus News Agency. Archaeologists have started research into what they believe may be the oldest known ancient shipwreck off Cyprus which sank with hundreds of jars of wine on board 2,350 years ago. Picture taken May 29, 2008.
REUTERS/Cyprus News Agency (CYPRUS)
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Do you think they’ll ever find an amphora with wine in it?
I have people there!
This’ll be great for the economy of the region.
I have heard a liquid has been found in amphoras that was wine at one time.
Golly. I wonder what it became after 3000 years? *blech*
That was pretty close to the description I remember the marine archaeologists gave.
*shudder*
:’) Franzia wine boxes? Franzia also owns the Charles Shaw label I think, makers of “Two Buck Chuck” sold at Trader Joe’s... :’)
:’) Nah. There’s some kind of gunk, er, residue in amphora from time to time, started out as olive oil, wine, fish sauce, whatever. :’)
Did you see this one?
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2024987/posts
I do believe it is the same (now) ‘100 year old Yeti scalp in a remote monastery’ that I first read about (Fate? Argosy? True?) around 50 years ago.
It resurfaces from time to time.
Probably “gunk” is the right word. Easy to say, easy to spell, and the possibilities of what it’s made are endless....
Probably “gunk” is the right word. Easy to say, easy to spell, and the possibilities of what it’s made are endless....
Back when Tom Slick was searching for the Yeti, he switched some samples, leaving something else behind, but I don’t know if it was that scalp, or teeth or something else. :’)
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