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Ancient Greek Wreck Found in Black Sea


It joins a relatively small handful of other known shipwrecks of the Greek period.Members of a joint U.S.-Bulgarian research expedition discovered the wreck on August 1, 2002 in 275 feet (84 meters) of water off the eastern coast of Bulgaria. Recent analysis of sediment gathered from inside the amphora revealed that it contained bones of a large freshwater catfish species, several olive pits, and resin. Since 1997, Ballard has worked with archaeologist Frederik Hiebert at the University of Pennsylvania's Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology in Philadelphia to investigate the ancient cultures and maritime trade routes of the Black Sea. There were probably 20 to 30 jars that were exposed on the surface layer…I knew right away that it was probably ancient," said Dwight Coleman, a marine geologist at the Institute for Exploration in Mystic, Connecticut. Using a three-person submersible vehicle launched from the 180-foot (55-meter) Bulgarian research ship Akademik, the team dove on a target previously identified by sonar on the last day of a 14-day expedition."The first thing [the crew] saw was this pile of amphora.