Indeed, the whole list requires a page, or a book, in its own right, but some of the highlights include 10 tonnes of copper ingots, 120 tin ingots, 150 Canaanite jars of terebinth resin, plus ebony and ivory, an assortment of jewellery and 14 hippopotamus teeth. The ship was finally discovered in 2009 after being lost at sea for 265 years. [4] The merchant ship had a wide variety of tableware and it is speculated that it traded all over the region. (2009, December 18), https://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/facts/whyshipwrecks.html, http://www.unesco.org/new/en/culture/themes/underwater-cultural-heritage/underwater-cultural-heritage/wrecks/, https://coinweek.com/coins/metal-detecting-2/divers-discover-largest-treasure-of-gold-coins-ever-found-in-israel/. : Yes. It is considered a National Historic Site on the Canadian Register. Meanwhile, also triggered the alarm diseases: about 150 of the 675 migrants arrived on the ship Vega in Augusta were put in isolation in the port for suspected cases of chickenpox and scabies. Discovered? [2], On 8 October, Italian authorities rescued 22 Europe-bound migrants from a boat carrying around 50 people. 1992). They are generally accidental and show the past as it really was, while a temple or gravesite can tell the story of an idealized world that may not reflect the contemporary reality. (no citation). Discovered? Compared to the thousands of Spanish sailors and soldiers who died in the Armada sinking, the English lost no ships and only 100 men in battle. [2], According to UNHCR, annual deaths and missing in 2018 stood at 2,277. While the question of whether they should be sold arose, it was ultimately decided that they would be housed in a major UK museum to educate the general public. It was likely making stops along the way in Canaan and Lycia and would eventually makes its rounds to Egypt or more distant locations. Most patients are tested and debilitated by a wait of two months in warehouses in Libya with little food and water. Discovered by Peter Throckmorton between the eastern coast of the Peloponnese and the island of Hydra during a National Geographic expedition in 1975, excavated by the Hellenic Institute of Marine Archaeology, 4.200 years old, Dokos is the oldest known underwater shipwreck discovery. The technological methods used by archaeologists to conduct their research were quite modern for the time. The Italian Navy said it was correlated with the wreck of the vessel sank on 18 April. [13], On 13 April 2015, a vessel sank off the Libyan coast with up to 550 migrants on board. Despite being over 2,400 years old, we can imagine this ship as a working vessel, with her occupants steadfastly making their way to their destination, just before tragedy struck. Greeka team and its community members will be delighted to help you! [23] Among those on board were about 350 Eritreans, 200 Senegalese, as well as migrants from Syria, Somalia, Sierra Leone, Mali, Gambia, Ivory Coast and Ethiopia.[24][25]. To this day, the French government is attempting to recover the entirety of the treasure. Though the vessel itself has long ago dissolved in the water, clay artifacts remain, telling the tale of the ship and its people. The remains of the Dokos wreck were discovered in the Aegean Sea, off the coast of Southern Greece (Dokos Island is just 60 miles east of Sparta). It is situated near the harbor. [CDATA[// >