Researchers examine wreckage found near Kasos in Greece.Photo:Hellenic Ministry of Culture
Hellenic Ministry of Culture
Nearly a dozen shipwrecks containing ancient artifacts from around the world have been discovered off the coast of Greece.
One of the shipwrecks found between 2019 and 2023 dates as far back as 3,000 B.C.,La Brújula Verdemagazinereported. The latest was from the World War II era.
Researchers used archaeological and historical evidence as well as various sources, testimonies and reports to hunt down the shipwrecks, per the reports. Homer’s epicIliadwas even used to help guide them.
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A cache of “unique” items from Spain, Italy, Africa and Asia Minor were found with the wrecks, which were between 65 and 155 feet deep, CBS News reported.
Researchers examine the sea floor near Kasos in Greece.Hellenic Ministry of Culture
Among the objects were drinking vessels, terra sigillata flasks from Africa, an amphora and a stone anchor from the Archaic period, per the reports.
This was also the first time experts were able to do mapping and bathymetry of the Kasos-Karpathos reef and the Karpatholimnion area, the Greek Ministry said.
The survey was also the subject of a film calledDiving into the History of the Aegean, which will be shown at several upcoming international archaeological film festivals, according toLa Brújula Verde.
More than 20,000 photographs were taken during the survey, per the reports.
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