One Heck of a Wreck Dive

Don't know how long this link will be "active" From the CNN website:

http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/science/01/16...ship/index.html

We have a great team of researchers at the University of Pennsylvania, and Rhode Island. We were studying a trade route we knew the Greeks were using back in the third, fourth, fifth centur[ies] B.C. You see this was right after Alexander the Great conquered the civilized world and they were actually in the Black Sea, believe it or not, for fish. And this ship was bringing back -- we found inside [one of] these amphorae [two-handled storage jars], believe it or not, an 8-foot catfish that had been filleted into fish steak salted, sort of a fish and chips.

Since the ship they are discussing rests in an anoxic zone, it's in incredible condition - considering it's been down there almost 2,500 years!

James

Cheers

James

Interesting stuff - Similar to our CV adventure

Maybe of interest too: I found an 8th Century Chinese super junk on the outside of a channel in the South Male Atoll a few years ago - Too deep really for general diving but. The masts are still intact and are absolutely massive. These junks were reputed to carry over 2000 people!