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2,100-year-old shipwreck filled with 122 varieties of ancient Roman tableware found by archaeologists in Turkey was mentioned in a letter by Roman statesman Cicero

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2,100-year-old shipwreck filled with 122 varieties of ancient Roman tableware found by archaeologists in Turkey was mentioned in a letter by Roman statesman Cicero

Off the Turkish coast near Adrasan, marine archaeologists recently discovered the remains of an ancient cargo ship bound for Rome and loaded with thousands of pieces of tableware in 122 different varieties, most famous and in demand at the time. The vessel had been carrying ceramic plates, bowls and serving dishes when it sank some … Read more

Maritime experts travel to Nantucket to investigate shipwreck remains exposed by nor’easter

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Maritime experts travel to Nantucket to investigate shipwreck remains exposed by nor’easter

BOSTON — A maritime expert planned to visit a Nantucket beach Monday to inspect weathered wooden beams exposed by the weekend’s powerful nor’easterpossibly the remnants of a 19th-century shipwreck buried beneath the island’s southern shore. Maritime experts travel to Nantucket to investigate shipwreck remains exposed by nor’easter The Egan Maritime Institute said its exhibits and … Read more

Alaska eradicated rats from a 6,869-acre Aleutian island more than two centuries after they arrived in a shipwreck; within two years some native bird populations had increased 200% or more and missing seabirds began returning

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Alaska eradicated rats from a 6,869-acre Aleutian island more than two centuries after they arrived in a shipwreck; within two years some native bird populations had increased 200% or more and missing seabirds began returning

Alaska eradicated rats from a 6,869-acre Aleutian island More than two centuries after a shipwreck brought non-native rats to a remote Alaskan island, removing the invasive rodents has led to a rapid recovery of wildlife across the 6,869-acre island in the Aleutian archipelago. According to monitoring reports and press releases from the United States Fish … Read more

A diver found a $3 million gold cross in a Spanish shipwreck; 20 years later, it vanished from a museum

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A diver found a $3 million gold cross in a Spanish shipwreck; 20 years later, it vanished from a museum

Golden Emerald Cross From 16th‑Century Shipwreck, PC: Teddy Tucker In 1955, a Bermudian diver named Teddy Tucker pulled a gold cross studded with seven emeralds from the wreck of a sixteenth-century Spanish galleon resting in the reefs off Bermuda. It would go on to be called one of the most valuable single objects ever recovered … Read more