Underwater archaeology - Finestre sull'Arte

"Porcelain Wreck" Discovered in Norway: 18th-Century Treasure Found at a Depth of 600 Meters

A discovery set to rewrite an important chapter in Northern Europe’s maritime history has emerged from the depths of the Skagerrak, the strait that separates Norway from Denmark and connects the North Sea to the Baltic Sea. At a depth of about 600 me...
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Lampedusa: Archaeological artifacts recovered from the seabed; research begins

The seabed off Lampedusa continues to yield important artifacts from the past. As part of efforts to protect submerged cultural heritage, the Sicilian Regional Superintendency for the Sea, in collaboration with the Carabinieri’s Cultural Herita...
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Calabria, wreck discovered with more than 300 amphorae from Magna Graecia

A submerged wreck dating from between the fifth and fourth centuries B.C., preserved with a cargo of more than three hundred amphorae, could offer important new information on ancient Mediterranean trade and the economic networks that connected the c...
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Sicily, restoration of the Marausa II and Gela II wrecks kicks off

Sicily, restoration and assembly work on the Marausa II and Gela II wrecks was delivered this morning, marking the start of the operational phase of an intervention designed to return the two important finds to public use. The project, promoted by th...
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Greece, discoveries between Kasos and Karpathos: five Byzantine wrecks and anchors identified

A series of wrecks, commercial amphorae, Byzantine anchors and remnants of port infrastructure have been identified in the seabed between the islands of Kasos (Caso) and Karpathos (Scarpanto), in the Dodecanese (archipelago of Greece), during an unde...
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Switzerland: Lake Neuchâtel returns perfectly preserved Roman cargo

In November 2024, a wreck of exceptional historical interest was identified at the bottom of Lake Neuchâtel in Switzerland. The discovery, documented by the Octopus Foundation website, was made as part of the Vulnerable Wrecks of Lake Neuch&aci...
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Greece, marble fragment possibly linked to Parthenon marbles emerges from 1802 shipwreck

Systematic underwater archaeological research on the historic wreck of the brig Mentor, conducted by theEphorate of Underwater Antiquities of Greece under the direction of archaeologist Dimitrios Kourkoumelis-Rodostamos, deputy director of the servic...
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Gela, Greek shipwreck museum opens: 1998 wreck on display

The Greek Shipwreck Museum was inaugurated today in Gela, in the state-owned area of Bosco Littorio, a new facility designed to house and tell the story of one of the most important finds inSicilian underwater archaeology: a Greek-era cargo ship disc...
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