Archaeologists are currently studying the ship in its underwater grave and will decide what to do with it once their research is complete. There are no photos available at this time of the find.
Posted on 08/10/2018 8:24:25 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
Off the coast of the Black Sea in the Mykolaiv region, archaeologists have discovered a sunken ancient Greek shipwreck dating back more than 2.5 thousand years.
The ship, discovered during a joint expedition of the Institute of Archaeology of NAS of Ukraine and the Warsaw Institute of Archaeology, is believed to be one of the oldest of its kind discovered in the region.
According to the head of the black sea international underwater archaeological expedition, Vyacheslav Gerasimov, it may have possibly sailed ancient trade routes to Olbia or Chersonesos.
“This ship is one of the oldest known in the Northern black sea. The ship belonged to the ancient Greek mariners V century BC – the period of colonization of the Northern black sea, when was the first settlement of Olbia,” Gerasimov said.
“Lift without certain conditions for the preservation and storage is impossible; the wood that lays more than 2 thousand years under water may fall to pieces,” Gerasimov explained.
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Archaeologists are currently studying the ship in its underwater grave and will decide what to do with it once their research is complete. There are no photos available at this time of the find.
Ever posted about Atlantis? (Yeah, I know, I'm not the first one to have asked that.)
Wow, first claaa, luxe outboard rowing seats for the galley slaves.
It looks to be in remarkably good shape.
http://eu.greekreporter.com/2015/01/10/divers-discover-metal-linked-to-mythical-island-of-atlantis-in-ancient-greek-shipwreck/ "A team of divers have discovered dozens of pieces of ancient metals from a shipwreck, aged 2,600 years, off the coast of Sicily island, in the south of Italy. According to “Archaeology Magazine,” the wreck belongs to a Greek ship, which carried ingots of a rare metal that Plato thought was mined in Atlantis". 🎶Way down below the ocean...she may be...
:^) That is indeed where my nick comes from.
My posts about Atlantis have tended toward the more general, such as, with glaciation been more the rule than exception over the past 2 million years, most human prehistory (and at one time, perhaps history) took place on what is now the continental shelf.
Seems like I had some comments specific to Plato's Timaeus and Critias in a topic not long ago...
Hmm, can't seem to find it.
Oh wait, this may be it:
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They should be glad to be chained to an oar -- in earlier times they'd have been harnessed to the ship and had to swim to pull the vessel, incentivized by the sharks chasing them thanks to the occasional drops of blood left in the water at the stern of the ship.
;^)
Good one for the weekly digest ping as well. Check out some related topics from the FRchives, listed under some of the keywords.
No way...never heard that before.
In a pinch I'll just make up a plausible lie. ;^)
2,500 years ago.
Before Socrates was born.
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The ship pictured is a Trireme, a warship
The article suggests that the ship found was a trade vessel
Was it the Argos?
In those days if you were weaker then your potential customer you traded, if you were stronger a nice sack & pillage might be in order.
In those I doubt vessels were that specialized.
A trader would not be able to afford galley slaves for rowing
Here is a link for different Greek ships
http://www.hellenicaworld.com/Greece/Technology/en/Ships.html
The ship was probably a single masted sailing vessel for economic travel
I’m not sure I buy it. Wouldn’t omit have been more efficient to have the slaves at the stern pushing the ship? That way they wouldn’t get tangled in the ropes.
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