Underwater Discovery: 4,000-Year-Old Shipwreck Belonging To Minoans Found In Turkey
MessageToEagle.com – A 4,000 year-old shipwreck has been discovered in Marmaris Hisarönü Gulf in the Mediterranean, as part of an ongoing project carried out by Dokuz Eylül University’s Marine Sciences Institute since 2007.
Professor Abdurrahman Harun Özdaş, from Dokuz Eylül University said that the 4,000 year-old shipwreck is the oldest of its kind to be found in Turkey.
The shipwreck is thought to be used for trading purposes and is from the Minoan Civilization, which existed around 3650 to 1400 BCE.
It was also reported that the project found over 20 submerged harbors and architectural remains, 25 berthages and over 400 anchors dating from the Bronze Age to the Ottoman period.
The project, carried out by a team of 15 researchers, had initially been supported by the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TÜBİTAK) and also received support from the Ministry of Development.
Among the participants of the project include underwater archeologists, marine geophysicists and biologists.
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source: Daily Sabah
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