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The Ship Sarcophagus: a Phoenician ship carved on a sarcophagus, 2nd century AD. The theory of Phoenician discovery of the Americas suggests that the earliest Old World contact with the Americas was not with Columbus or Norse settlers, but with the Phoenicians (or, alternatively, other Semitic peoples) in the first millennium BC. [1]
The Phoenician shipwreck at Bajo de la Campana was the first potential Phoenician shipwreck between 850 and 600 BCE to be found, excavated and systematically studied in the Mediterranean region. [6] The cargo on this ship has provided important insights into the Phoenician's presence in Spain, specifically their trading networks and their ...
During the most recent campaign, divers removed 34 ancient pottery vessels from the stern of the ship and found some unique markings underneath, the museum wrote in an April 11 post on X, formerly ...
Wreck of Russian submarine Akula was found in 2014 near Hiiumaa, Estonia. The archaeology of shipwrecks can be divided into a three-tier hierarchy, of which the first tier considers the wrecking process itself: how does a ship break up, how does a ship sink to the bottom, and how do the remains of the ship, cargo and the surrounding environment ...
Food remains have also been found aboard other centuries-old shipwrecks in recent years, including an array of spices discovered aboard a 15th century wreck near Sweden, according to previous ...
In October 2023, the organization announced the excavation and recovery of a Roman shipwreck from the 3rd century A.D., known as Marausa 2. “It carried a mixed cargo consisting of transport ...
Roman shipwreck laid in shallow water for 1,700 years. Now ‘unique’ cargo is revealed Metal detectorist stumbles on 250-year-old artifact linked to a pope, photos show
[1] [4] The ship utilized a mixture of Mediterranean and local shipbuilding techniques, with the wood parts connected with dowels and mortise and tenon joints, though the joints are utilized in a crude manner. [1] [4] The vessel was sunk as landfill, to reinforce the bank against a Roman road. [6] The ship was covered up after 2005 for future ...