[SunkenCiv]

Wikimedia commons user: MKFI

[Kenny Bunk]

Cries for a centerboard!

[PGR88]

These ships showed that the builders had been using a more complex process than previously thought.

Any technology that is used by large numbers of people and is constantly used will advance and develop. If one were to use the same materials as the Byzantines had available, I have no doubt they could build far better ships than present-day humanity could with the same materials.

[zeestephen]

Hi, Civ.

I'm getting a McAfee “Security” block on the New Historian website your post links to.

I don't get those very often, so I'm not going to risk clicking through it.

I agree - seems very strange, and unlikely, and probably just a false alarm of some kind.

But I thought you should know what's showing up on my computer.

[RitchieAprile]

Chappelle would be pleased with their efforts.

[zeestephen]

Now, back to the topic....

Not long ago, I read that the water at the bottom of the Black Sea is almost completely devoid of oxygen, and Black Sea shipwrecks are often in pristine condition, but, unfortunately, very little marine archeology has been conducted there.

Were the shipwrecks in your post found off Turkey’s Black Sea coastline or off the Mediterranean coast?

[GeronL]

cool

[colorado tanker]

I find the Byzantines a fascinating subject. Thanks for posting.

It sounds as if they are finding these ships in the capital's waters.