Ancient Black Sea shipwrecks found in the Black Sea date to antiquity. In 1976, Willard Bascom suggested that the deep, anoxic waters of the Black Sea might have preserved ships from antiquity since typical wood-devouring organisms could not survive there. At a depth of 150m, the Black Sea contains insufficient oxygen to support most familiar ...

2017年9月21日 · Over the course of the expedition, researchers found 60 incredibly well-preserved ships from the medieval, Roman, Byzantine and ancient Greek eras, which are rewriting what historians know about...

2023年7月28日 · The wreckage of an ancient Roman ship from more than 2,000 years ago has been found off the coast of Italy. The cargo ship was found off the port of Civitavecchia, about 50 miles (80km)...

2024年5月5日 · While it is considered the oldest intact shipwreck, the find is but one of dozens of prehistoric ruins the team has found at the bottom of the Black Sea. Their finds range from a “17th century Cossack raiding fleet, through Roman trading vessels, complete with amphorae, to a complete ship from the classical period.”

2017年9月25日 · Batchvarov says an entire 2,000-year-old Roman ship found buried in the seabed with its mast, tillers, and rope still intact is “an incredible find, the first of its kind ever.” The Black Sea MAP is completing its final phase of fieldwork, having excavated the remains of an early Bronze Age settlement at Ropotamo in Bulgaria near the ...

2018年10月23日 · The oldest complete shipwreck found so far in the world is a Greek merchant ship which met its fate on the Black Sea floor 2,400 years ago. The 23 meter (75ft.) wreck continues to have its rudder, rowing benches, and the contents of the hold, and was discovered more than 80 km (49.1 miles) off the Bulgarian city of Burgas.

2018年10月23日 · The Black Sea Maritime Archaeology Project (Black Sea MAP) used advanced mapping technology to survey more than 2,000 sq km of seabed, discovering 65 shipwrecks, from a 17th century Cossack raiding fleet to Roman trading vessels complete with amphorae.

2017年9月21日 · One of the largest maritime archaeological projects ever staged, The Black Sea MAP (Maritime Archaeological Project), has revealed 60 astonishingly well-preserved shipwrecks, helping write the history of nearly 2,500 years of seafaring tradition in the Black Sea.

Oceanographers and maritime archaeologists look to the waters of the Black Sea for shipwrecks that can be used to uncover the history and culture of ancient civilizations throughout the region.

2016年10月11日 · A maritime archaeology expedition launched to map the submerged ancient landscape of the Black Sea has found a rare collection of over 40 shipwrecks, including those from the Ottoman and Byzantine Emp