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Author Topic: The ancient classical world's oldest intact shipwreck?  (Read 1246 times)


Offline Michi

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Re: The ancient classical world's oldest intact shipwreck?
« Reply #1 on: October 23, 2018, 10:19:12 AM »
So they finally found out what happened to the Argo...

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Re: The ancient classical world's oldest intact shipwreck?
« Reply #2 on: October 23, 2018, 12:29:49 PM »
So they finally found out what happened to the Argo...

 lol

Joking aside, it is a significant find.

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Re: The ancient classical world's oldest intact shipwreck?
« Reply #3 on: October 23, 2018, 08:05:27 PM »
I thought they had found Bronze Age shipwrecks from the Urgat civilization.  Wouldn;t those be older? 

I guess the "intact" part is the key part of the headline.
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Offline WuZhuiQiu

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Re: The ancient classical world's oldest intact shipwreck?
« Reply #4 on: October 25, 2018, 04:04:02 AM »
It's hard to tell from the image which end is the bow and which is the stern. Is that a superstructure at one end, or some equipment that was lowered to examine the wreck?

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Re: The ancient classical world's oldest intact shipwreck?
« Reply #5 on: October 25, 2018, 06:22:08 AM »
It's hard to tell from the image which end is the bow and which is the stern. Is that a superstructure at one end, or some equipment that was lowered to examine the wreck?
It is. Other than the obvious remotely piloted vehicle which is illuminating the wreck at the centre of the image, I think there's another bit of equipment at the rear - the brighter, light-coloured object with what seems to be a cable going up to the surface. The other, greyer area at the rear does seem to be a part of the wreck though.
It's incredibly well kept. I've seen images taken from a site here in Malta (Gozo, actually) which is being explored by colleagues. It's considered an excellent site because the cargo of amphorae is still partly stacked almost as it was when it sank - but there is no trace of the structure of the vessel, as is the case here - it IS an outstanding find, whether it is the oldest or not.