Titanic explorer to seek shipwrecks in Aegean: Greek officials

PhysOrg ^ | 6/8/06 | AFP

[wagglebee]

The explorer who discovered the Titanic's resting place is to undertake a search for ancient shipwrecks off the southern Greek island of Crete, the Greek foreign ministry said Thursday.

The search, by American oceanographer Robert Ballard, will be conducted in international waters, with the Greek culture ministry hoping to send a representative to observe operations, a ministry official said.

"Deep-sea research will be conducted in the area between Santorini and Crete, for the purpose of locating (ancient) Mediterranean sea trade routes, recording ancient shipwrecks etc," culture ministry general secretary Christos Zahopoulos told a news conference this week.

"The necessary steps are being taken so that the culture ministry can participate in this research," he said.

In 2002, the culture ministry's undersea antiquities department had cautioned the Greek authorities against collaborating with Ballard on another shipwreck project, according to a recent report in the Eleftherotypia daily.

"There is the risk of involvement in an operation...which could turn into a treasure hunt...concerning other ancient shipwrecks," department head Katerina Dellaporta wrote in a memo to the ministry, published by the newspaper.

"We are vigilant, but not worried," senior archaeologist Vivi Vassilopoulou, head of the Greek culture ministry's department of classical antiquities, told AFP.

"I don't think anyone will deny (Greece's) request (regarding observation)...as there is the possibility of an archaeology-related discovery that would demand the ministry's participation," she said.

According to the foreign ministry, Ballard's ship Endeavor will begin the expedition upon the completion of a separate geology project currently in progress near the Greek island of Santorini.

[wagglebee]

There could be some amazing finds down there.

[wagglebee]

GGG Ping.

[kms61]

It was noted in Blind Man's Bluff that a lot of Ballard's undersea research from the sixties through early eighties was a cover for intelligence-related activities.

[sofaman]

perhaps he should look for the shipwreck that is the Democrat Party

[ccmay]

As long as he is 3 miles offshore, he should tell the Greeks to go pound sand. Under the law of the sea, he could salvage anything he wants, and never mind the archaeology.

The Greeks and also the Italians already have more than enough ancient crap moldering in the back rooms of their museums. I say let the stuff go to private individuals who really care about it.

-ccm

[Calpernia]

First the Nazi Gold is found

Then the Titanic Gold

Now off to Greece.

Isn't anyone worried about this? Our money isn't backed by gold anymore.

[Calpernia]

ping

[wagglebee]

If they find Atlantis, I'll be concerned.

[SunkenCiv]

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[wagglebee]

Just adding to the catalog, not sending a ping message.

Now you're getting revenge and not pinging my threads because I said you were lazy.

:-(

[ex-Texan]

Thanks for the *ping* -- Happens that I love to watch movies and documentaries about deep sea treasure hunters. Very risky business especially in the Caribbean. "All sorts of pirates are out there, matey. Arrrggg."

[Calpernia]

May I strongly recommend you get this movie then. I don't care what source you get it from.

But this is the movie that follows up on that congressional investigation that I had freep mailed you the link on.

http://cgi.ebay.com/The-Search-For-Nazi-Gold_W0QQitemZ9120034778QQcategoryZ617QQcmdZViewItem

I've found no other source to date that covers as much info about some of the names involved and the Venezuelian waters this gold was found in.

The guy that headed the crew claims on the documentary that they 'dropped' the gold. You can rewind and literally see where he starts lying.

[Calpernia]

http://www.archives.gov/research/holocaust/bibliographies/nazi-gold.html
Bibliography: Nazi Gold

[SunkenCiv]

No way, I wholeheartedly agree -- I am lazy. :') Just for that, I should ping this topic. That'll l'arn ya. ;')

There were a couple of topics about this. Of course, I sometimes repost and ping a topic that Blam had done a week or so earlier, just because I'm too lazy to check...

[SunkenCiv]

Explorer Ballard heads exploration of undersea volcano
Narragansett Times | 5/19/2006 | Chris Church
Posted on 05/19/2006 3:42:02 PM EDT by SunkenCiv
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1635128/posts

Expedition Seeks Clues To Lost Bronze Age Culture (Minoans - Robert Ballard)
Yahoo | 6-1-2006 | Richard C. Lewis
Posted on 06/04/2006 7:05:30 PM EDT by blam
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1643357/posts

[ozzymandus]

I don't think there was any Titanic gold, but did you see the TV show a few years ago where Telly Savalas opened a safe from the Andrea Doria and found a bunch of money with pictures of Mussolini on it? That was a hoot.

[Calpernia]

Sure there was gold on the Titanic. Here is the overview of the court ruling. That salvors received 92.6% of the gold bullion.

http://www.houstonmarineseminar.com/Titanic.pdf

[Pharmboy]

Just testing our sterling sense of humors...

[Cheburashka]

Ironically, the Titanic's sister ship, RMS Britannic, was sunk in the Aegean Sea by a mine in 1915.
Since it was being used as a hospital ship for the Landings at Gallipoli, I doubt there was any gold on it.

[SunkenCiv]

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