Wreck discovered in Antibes,on the site of the Roman city of Antipolis, thought to fill sunk in the second or third centuryIt looks like the rib cage of a large marine mammal, and whose bones turned black as it was fossilised. The wreck was discovered in May during a dig in Antibes,on the French Riviera, prior to construction of a car park on the site of the Roman port of Antipolis.
Archaeologists fill gradually uncovered a 15-metre length of hull and structural timbers, and in "exceptional" condition,according to Giulia Boetto, a specialist in ship design at Aix-Marseille University who is involved in the dig. Saw and adze marks are still visible on the wood. Luckily the ground in which it was found is always waterlogged so this prevented the timber from rotting and decomposing.
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Source: theguardian.com