Posted on 08/05/2023 9:00:27 AM PDT by SunkenCiv
The ship was discovered by an excavator crew at the Drmno mine. It is the second such discovery in the area, which contains the Roman settlement known as Viminacium.
Lead archaeologist Miomir Korac said previous findings suggest the ship may date back as far as the third or fourth century, when Viminacium was the capital of the Roman province of Moesia Superior and had a port near a tributary of the Danube River.
Mladen Jovicic, who is part of the team working on the newly discovered ship, said moving the 13-meter hull without breaking it will be tough. "Our engineer friends...will prepare a special structure that will be lifted by a crane, and...the entire process of gradual conservation will follow," he said.
The vessel was probably part of a river fleet serving the sprawling and highly developed Roman city of 45,000 people, which had a hippodrome, fortifications, a forum, a palace, temples, an amphitheater, aqueducts, baths, and workshops...
Archaeologists believe that the two ships and three canoes uncovered so far in the area either sank or were abandoned at the riverbank.
The vast archaeological site also contains the remains of a Roman legion's headquarters. The fortress was an essential military establishment on the Danube frontier whose remains have provided archaeologists insights into Roman military architecture and organization.
Excavations at Viminacium have been going on since 1882. However, archaeologists estimate they have only scoured 5 percent of the site, which they say is 450 hectares (bigger than New York's Central Park) and unusual in not being buried under a modern city.
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The gold coins shown in the article are in excellent shape.
I wonder how much they are worth...
My degree was in plant psychology, but even if they keep the appointment, it’s difficult to get them to open up.
Unless they’re Venus Flytraps.
Obviously Global Warming..........................
usually when a city is destroyed by war or natural causes like flood or earthquakes, another version is rebuilt on top of the ruins, often using salvage from the previous construction.
I find it very curious that nothing was rebuilt on the site and yet the foundations of stone buildings are being uncovered. Looking at the model in the museum I would think someone would come up with a theory about the abandonment of this sturdy ancient city.
[snip] Viminacium was devastated by Huns in the 5th century, but was later rebuilt by Justinian. It was completely destroyed with the arrival of Slavs in the 6th century. [/snip]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viminacium
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moesia#History
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