[SunkenCiv]

Shipwrecks: Kevin Hand
	Search Team The Alkyon, which provides an operations base for underwater robot searches, sails past Fort Koules on the Heraklion harbor. Courtesy Dimitris Sakellariou/Hellenic Center For Marine Research
	Foley: Archaeologist Brendan Foley uses rebreathers to extend dive times to as long as three hours. Courtesy Giogos Koutsouflakis/Ephorate of Underwater Antiquities
	Robot Wranglers: Brendan Foley brought along a team of three engineers and had additional help from three Greek colleagues to manage the AUV operations off the coast of Crete. Brooke Borel
	Into The Deep: Remus AUVs were originally developed to find naval mines. Courtesy Dimitris Sakellariou/Hellenic Center For Marine Research
	Divers: In the warm waters of the Aegean Sea, timbers of ancient ships rot away, leaving only amphorae behind. Courtesy Theotokis Theodoulou/Ephorate of Underwater Antiquities
	Underline: Sonar transducers on the sides of the Remus 100 cannot "see" directly beneath the AUV [dark area, above]. On the right are two ancient shipwrecks. Courtesy Ephorate of Underwater Antiquities and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
	Chios Shipwreck Survey 2005: Courtesy EUA/WHOI/Hellenic Center For Marine Research

[1010RD]

For profit or for fun?

[Rebelbase]

“and in so doing he could test his central hypothesis: that it was seaborne trade that enabled the spread of civilization in the Mediterranean Basin.”

I learned about that in 6th grade history class when “he” was in diapers.

[wildbill]

This may be a little off topic, but it set me to thinking.

A number of years ago (Columbus Voyage Anniversary?) the King of Spain announced that the entire records of the Archives of the Indies would be posted on the Internet as a database resource.

I searched and sure enough foung this site:
http://en.www.mcu.es/archivos/MC/AGI/BaseDatos.html

Haven’t had time to check it out for treasure ships sunk & lost, but I was wondering if anyone had heard of the database being used to locate a wreck.