Monday, 2 November 2015

22 ancient shipwrecks have been discovered in the same spot

22 ancient shipwrecks have been discovered in the same spot

Marine archaeologists have made a "one in a lifetime discovery" after finding 22 ancient shipwrecks near the same Greek archipelago.  The Greek and British expedition crew uncovered the wrecks, which date back as far as 700BC, around the archipelago of Fourni, which is in the middle of an ancient trade route between Greece, Egypt and Cyprus.  Archeologists now believe there could be up to 40 shipwrecks in an area of just 17 square miles. 
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