ONE of the most enduring mysteries of the deep seas has finally been solved. The mysterious river barge that famed Greek historian Herodotus described nearly 2,500 years ago has been discovered by a team of scuba-diving archaeologists. “It wasn’t until we discovered this wreck that we realised Herodotus was right,”...
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ONE of the most enduring mysteries of the deep seas has finally been solved.
The mysterious river barge that famed Greek historian Herodotus described nearly 2,500 years ago has been discovered by a team of scuba-diving archaeologists.
“It wasn’t until we discovered this wreck that we realised Herodotus was right,” Damian Robinson, Director of Oxford University’s Centre for Maritime Archaeology said.
“What Herodotus described was what we were looking at”.
The vessel would have measured 28 meters in length and likely sank in the first half of the fifth century B.C.
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