Underwater archaeologists from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution and Greece’s Ephorate of Underwater Antiquities in Athens are using an autonomous diving robot to search for shipwrecks from the Age of the Minoans, more than 3,000 years ago. “Ships were the way that people communicated and moved about the ancient world. So if we can find […]

In Turkey, drought has revealed a large, 1,600-year-old harbor town that archaeologists are calling Bathonea. The port is located some 13 miles from the center of Istanbul. “The discoveries made are now shedding a completely new light to the wider urbanized area of Constantinopolis. A fantastic story begins to unveil,” commented Voker Heyd of the University […]