Thanks ameribbean expat.
Posted on 07/25/2021 12:02:11 AM PDT by ameribbean expat
Greece's first underwater museum opens ancient world to dive tourists As Greece opens up its vital tourism industry, the site offers an example of a new and more sustainable source of revenue. As Greece opens up its vital tourism industry, the site offers an example of a new and more sustainable source of revenue.PHOTO: AFP PUBLISHED15 MIN AGO FACEBOOKWHATSAPP ALONNISOS, GREECE (AFP) - Emerging from the crystal-clear turquoise waters of the Aegean Sea, Mr Hans-Juergen Fercher has just returned from his fourth dive to where mounds of 2,500-year-old wine pots mark the site of an ancient shipwreck - and Greece's first underwater museum.
"This is a combination of diving and archaeological diving. It's diving into history," said the 48-year-old psychiatrist after pulling himself onto the deck of the Triton dive boat. "It makes it special and unique."
The museum beneath the waves at Peristera, a rocky outcrop off the island of Alonissos, opened in 2020, though the site has been largely mothballed until now due to Covid-19 restrictions
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One would think it would be hard to keep non paying divers out.
mounds of 2,500-year-old wine pots
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So that makes it a Dive Bar?
Thanks ameribbean expat.
Peristera is an islet near Alonissos in the North Sporades, a cluster of islands in Greece (central Aegean Sea).
The shipwreck was located at the north of Kokkalia bay near the west rocky coast of Peristera by the fisherman and inhabitant of the island, Dimitris Maurikis, and was indicated to the Ephorate of Underwater Antiquities in 1985. The shipwreck was excavated by Dr. Elpida Hadjidaki, archaeologist and Head of the Ephorate, during the years 1992-1993, 1999, 2000-2001.Peristera shipwreck - Alonissos, Greece | April 19, 2019 | BLUEMED Interreg Atlantis Consulting Partner
35-40 years ago I would have booked this dive....
What a dive that place is.
2500 years ago, I’d have been trying to swim to shore. ;^)
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