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This Byzantine shipwreck transformed underwater archaeology

How the excavation of a 7th-century Byzantine shipwreck off Yassi Ada helped pioneer modern underwater archaeology, introducing new techniques that make it possible to study shipwrecks scientifically.

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While researching this topic, I discovered that very few ships from the Byzantine era have been faithfully reconstructed. The lead image is the only accurate model built, made alongside the excavators of the Yassi Ada.