UM-Bot Posted September 19, 2017 #1 Share Posted September 19, 2017 Marine archaeologists unexpectedly stumbled across a goldmine of shipwrecks during a recent expedition. http://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/news/311723/60-ancient-shipwrecks-found-in-the-black-sea 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stiff Posted September 19, 2017 #2 Share Posted September 19, 2017 Brilliant. I'm looking forward to any pictures that may surface from this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merc14 Posted September 19, 2017 #3 Share Posted September 19, 2017 I wonder why so many ships of different eras are located in that spot? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stiff Posted September 19, 2017 #4 Share Posted September 19, 2017 38 minutes ago, Merc14 said: I wonder why so many ships of different eras are located in that spot? I did wonder the same myself and thought that it can't be coincidence? I'm pretty sure they will think the same thing too and it'll be investigated. (I hope!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merc14 Posted September 19, 2017 #5 Share Posted September 19, 2017 4 minutes ago, Stiff said: I did wonder the same myself and thought that it can't be coincidence? I'm pretty sure they will think the same thing too and it'll be investigated. (I hope!) Probably some kind of anchorage or harbor but they are keeping location a secret to protect the site. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stiff Posted September 19, 2017 #6 Share Posted September 19, 2017 6 minutes ago, Merc14 said: Probably some kind of anchorage or harbor but they are keeping location a secret to protect the site. Hmm. I was thinking it would be a little further out or it would have already been explored/discovered by now, but yes, that would be a strong possibility and make perfect sense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merc14 Posted September 19, 2017 #7 Share Posted September 19, 2017 1 minute ago, Stiff said: Hmm. I was thinking it would be a little further out or it would have already been explored/discovered by now, but yes, that would be a strong possibility and make perfect sense. That's why I was thinking an anchorage outside a harbor, especially sine they were study climate change and how it effects population centers of the Black Sea but I am purely speculating and could be completely wrong. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stiff Posted September 19, 2017 #8 Share Posted September 19, 2017 There's a few pictures and a video in this link. I tried to judge how far from the shoreline it is from the video clips but I guess that's probably not guaranteed to be where the wrecks are http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-4898204/Experts-graveyard-60-preserved-ancient-shipwrecks.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merc14 Posted September 19, 2017 #9 Share Posted September 19, 2017 (edited) Chart of Black Sea depths o coast of Bulgaria. Not an anchorage or harbor at those depths. Edited September 19, 2017 by Merc14 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paperdyer Posted September 20, 2017 #10 Share Posted September 20, 2017 Merc - Maybe it was a harbor or anchorage spot. They did what they had to do for the times they lived in. Maybe it's the Black Sea's version of the Bermuda Triangle.Since the wood is preserved, I guess we'll find out more later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parsec Posted September 23, 2017 #11 Share Posted September 23, 2017 On 19/9/2017 at 7:36 PM, Merc14 said: Chart of Black Sea depths o coast of Bulgaria. Not an anchorage or harbor at those depths. On a side not, looking at the map, I just remembered how cool would it be sailing from Greece through the Dardanelles, Istanbul, around the Black sea and back. Well, it would basically be following the Argonauts's journey. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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