NEWS

27/01/2010

Antique vases pulled up from seabed


DIVERS on marine digs in the Aegean Sea discovered a cargo of antique ceramic vases from a shipwreck, the Greek culture and tourism ministry said today.

The vases from the fourth and fifth century BC were pulled up from depths of between 25 to 49 metres off the coast of the Polyaigos island, southwest of the Cyclades archipelago, located between Greece and Turkey in the Aegean Sea.

The finds by the aquatic archaeologists, including vases used for transportation and two small table vases, all intact, as well as fragments of the vessel's anchor, shed light on commercial routes during the period.

Greek authorities have been mapping its seabeds for a few years, sometimes cooperating with international institutes, and have so far located several dozen old shipwrecks.

Source www.heraldsun.com.au

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