guy Posted January 21, 2012 Report Share Posted January 21, 2012 (edited) Here is an interesting video about the discovery of sunken Roman ships: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=C1HBR0IbcmM# In 2009, a team of marine archaeologists carrying out a sonar survey of the seabed around the Italian island of Ventotene made an astonishing discovery. The wrecks of five ancient Roman ships were found in pristine condition. Remarkably, much of the cargo remained exactly as the ancient Roman crews had loaded it, suggesting that these ships had not capsized but had gone to the bottom of the sea intact and upright. What happened to these ancient ships? What were they carrying and why had they traveled to this remote, rocky island in the first place? The team is returning to Ventotene to investigate the wrecks, with the blessing of the Italian government. The island where this Edited January 21, 2012 by guy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Artimi Posted January 22, 2012 Report Share Posted January 22, 2012 I quite enjoyed watching this video. Did they go back to this site and do further dives? Did they find out what the metal(?) containers held? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melvadius Posted January 22, 2012 Report Share Posted January 22, 2012 The 'official' Aurora website seems to be long on what they do, where they go and the headline finds but suprisingly light on information about what was actualy learnt from their discoveries. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klingan Posted January 22, 2012 Report Share Posted January 22, 2012 A nice documentary, but I suspect that it was more for show than anything else, none of the find the found were actually "true treasures". Thanks for the ling Guy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crispina Posted January 22, 2012 Report Share Posted January 22, 2012 I saw that doc before, but thanks for posting because I found some other good ones to watch on that page. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Artimi Posted January 22, 2012 Report Share Posted January 22, 2012 Diving to those depths greatly restricts what the divers can actually do. Would the 2000 years in the sea completely empty the amphorae(sp??) of all traces of what would have been in them? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludovicus Posted January 23, 2012 Report Share Posted January 23, 2012 I enjoyed the documentary. Thanks for posting. A few years ago a number of Roman ships were found near the train station ( ancient harbor area). What's become of them? As I remember, they were full of well preserved wares, ship equipment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludovicus Posted January 23, 2012 Report Share Posted January 23, 2012 Sorry for the omission. I meant to ask about the ships found near the train station in Pisa, Italy. Has anyone visited the museum constructed to show the Pisan vessels? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melvadius Posted January 23, 2012 Report Share Posted January 23, 2012 Diving to those depths greatly restricts what the divers can actually do. Would the 2000 years in the sea completely empty the amphorae(sp??) of all traces of what would have been in them? I think I posted this link to an abstract fo a paper on Science Direct a few months back but in case I haven't recent research seems to indicate that some evidence can still be found of the DNA of amphorae contents even after centuries underwater: Ancient DNA trapped in the matrices of ceramic transport jars from Mediterranean shipwrecks can reveal the goods traded in the earliest markets. ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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