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Discovery from ancient times
Greek archaeologists have discovered a trove of objects from ancient times off the small island of Kasos, east of Crete.
The island lies on a route that has connected the Aegean Sea with the eastern Mediterranean since ancient times. A rough sea, which even then around the island, brought numerous ships in distress - to sinking.
In the wreck of one of the sunken freighters from the Roman period, amphorae and other ceramic objects were recovered from the sea by divers a few days ago.
The recovered objects come from Spanish ceramic manufactories from the region of the Guadalquivir River, but also from the region of present-day Tunisia.
Archaeologist Eleni Stylianou stressed to Deutsche Presse-Agentur that this shows "how dense trade between the countries around the Mediterranean was even then"
The Greek state radio reported last week that in the coming years, more wrecks off the Greek island will be investigated.
More information:
www.culture.gov.gr/../nlD=3023 & www.kasosproject.com/..