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Alexandria
After being hidden for centuries, the sunken Royal Quarters was found in the East harbour of Alexandria.
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Canopic Region
Through the most recent discoveries in the Bay of Aboukir, lost history comes to light!
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Lena Shoal
A Ming dynasty junk brought back to the light after centuries of silence under the China sea near Lena
Shoal.
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Napoleon
Franck Goddio and his team excavated wreckage of sunken ships from part of the fleet of Napoleon.
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Royal Captain
In 1773 on its way from Canton to Balambangan the ship hit a shoal and was lost.
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Santa Cruz
Franck Goddio’s excavation of the 15th century Santa Cruz junk off the Philippine coast turned out to
be one of the greatest Ming Dynasty findings ever made.
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Underwater heritage
The mysteries of the sea have always been an object of fascination. It is a place
where the rules we live by do not apply; a world beyond our imagination where we
can only be a guest. In those depths lies buried a legacy, a witness to our history.
Its discovery requires the patience and meticulousness of a historian, the creativity
and inventiveness of an engineer and the passion of a pioneer to combine both.
Archaeological adventure, scientific professionalism, top-notch technology and persistence
powered by emotion – all have their place.
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Science serving history
Throughout time the sea has been a crucial factor in linking disparate communities
together. Underwater archaeology contributes to a better understanding of the elemental
forces in human development – social structures, trade and the exploration of the
world, religion, and culture.
Modern underwater archaeology is a science that has taken on the task of revealing
traces of the past: shipwrecks and coastal edifices, sunken by some strange quirk
of fate. The study and recovery of this submerged evidence requires not only in-depth
knowledge of ancient navigation, coastal geomorphology, history, mythology, and
art history, but also exact scientif methods, highly sophisticated techniques and
state of the art technology.
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