Shipwreck Analysis

This topic is about excavating the shipwrecks by using the digital technologies near the Cyprus. Cyprus is an island full of treasures. There was one ship from Athens to Egypt, then to Cyprus and another ship was from Athens to and Sicily. They shipped out at the ship season and trade with these two countries in 323-322 BC. The trade was usually between seven to twenty days. As the archaeologists went through water to excavate in 1967-1969, they found the skeleton of broken ship, the Kyrenia Shipwreck that was made with wood in 301-290 BC. They figured out the structure of the ship with wood, the ship was made with mortise and tenons joinery system in the Bronze age. In 2014-2016, the boat was rebuilt based on the wish from the original designer. …show more content…
From olive seeds and shapes of the vessels, they figured out that the ship is from 394-382 BC. They took a digital photo of this pill and used the colour to label each of the vessels. The colour allowed them to determine the layer, pattern and space between them. So, they can know how it was put on the ship, same shape and same size would be put together and how the all kinds of vessels vertically stack on each other. 987 amphorae in the main hold stowed in three tiers with a minimum gap of 2cm for dunnage. The small ones that were broken and fall into the gap should be the first layer. The well-kept ones were the second and third layer. The reason for the Mazotos ship to be destroyed was the war, Naval Battle of Knidos, since the boat was found somewhere around Cyprus. The Mazotos ship disappeared on the way from Akko to Athens containing vines and goods. At last, there was a video on how the archaeologists and divers work. This is an expensive project, so many volunteers are needed. Also, there is no diving time could waste since it was 45m under water and need to stay there around 20 minutes. Overall, it was hard work for this underwater shipwreck archaeology