Shipwreck
Spanish news agency praises first underwater museum in Alonissos
Spanish International News Agency EFE, which is read by millions of Spanish-speakers globally praises Greek tourism and its prospects in a tribute it recently published.
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Underwater excavations unearth 255 artifacts this year
The ongoing excavations and research works in the seas of Turkey, where the world's first scientific archeological underwater excavations were carried out, have unearthed 255 artifacts this year alone.
CerModern presents Turkey’s underwater richness
A new exhibition at CerModern, featuring photographs revealing the underwater richness of Turkey, will take visitors to the magical world of underwater with its light, sound effects and video presentations.
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Bulgaria: Charges Brought Against 'Vera Su' Ship Captain and his Assistant
Charges will be brought against the captain and assistant captain of the wrecked ship 'Vera Su', the Dobrich District Prosecutor's Office announced after the interrogations of the evacuated sailors held today.
The two will be detained for 72 hours after their interrogations are over. After that, their permanent detention will be requested.
Greece’s first underwater museum opens ancient world to dive tourists
Emerging from the crystal-clear turquoise waters of the Aegean Sea, Hans-Juergen Fercher has just returned from his fourth dive to where mounds of 2,500-year-old wine pots mark the site of an ancient shipwreck - and Greece's first underwater museum.
Fancy a deep red? The rise of underwater wineries
After bottles were recovered in top shape from a first world war shipwreck, winemakers have started to exploit the sea’s cool, dark environment
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Mentor shipwreck research continues
A photo released on Monday shows divers from the Ephorate of Underwater Antiquities lift a piece of the Mentor shipwreck in September. It had been carrying antiquities from the Acropolis to the UK when it sank at the entrance to Avlemonas port in southwestern Kythira in September 1802. [P.Vezyrtzis/Intime News]
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Four more ancient shipwrecks found off Kasos
The harvest of the second underwater exploration in the sea area of the southeastern Aegean island of Kasos was a rich one, with the discovery of four more ancient shipwrecks, after the five found in the first expedition.
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National Geographic Traveller – Alonissos “the Parthenon of shipwrecks”
The eerie remains of the ancient Peristera shipwreck recently opened as the first underwater museum in Greece
Three ancient shipwrecks discovered off Aegean island of Kasos
Greece's Culture Ministry says three shipwrecks from ancient and medieval times and large sections of their cargoes have been discovered off the small Aegean island of Kasos.
A statement Monday said an underwater survey that ended last month also located cannons and other scattered finds — possibly from other foundered vessels that have not yet been pinpointed.