archaeopassion:The site of the urban harbour of Pisae is one of the most marvellous archeological di
archaeopassion:The site of the urban harbour of Pisae is one of the most marvellous archeological digs in Italy, where 39shipwrecks were foundedwith their cargo, dating back to the period between the fifth century B.C. to the fourth century A.D, not far from the famous Piazza dei Miracoli. For nearly a decade archeologists have been working near and under the tracks to unearth what is nothing short of a maritime Pompeii.Museum of Ancient Ship of Pisa.What’s most dramatic about the discovery of this maritime graveyard is that the ships date from different centuries both before and after the advent of the Christian era, meaning the shipwrecks did not happen simultaneously but over time in the same area. Researchers say that starting around the 6th century B.C. the cargo docks of the port of Pisa were accessed by a canal that made a loop connecting the harbor to the open sea. Every hundred years or so over the course of nearly a thousand years, tsunamilike waves violently flooded the waterway and capsized and buried ships, their cargo and their passengers and crew, alongside uprooted trees and even tiny birds and animals. A dramatic evidence of those shipwrecks is the skeleton of a man found under the cargo of Ship B, sunken during the first years of the Roman Empire. The man fell into water hugging his dog during a seaquake, the two were then crushed under the weight their capsized ship and covered by numerous amphorae, which immobilize them but also kept their skeletons intact and prevented them to be eaten by fishes.Thanks to archeaological and anthropological studies on the remains, we now know the ship was loaded withfruits and sand from south Italy. The man was probably a sailor due to his consumed anterior teeth (typical condition of those who use their teeth to handle ropes) and evidence of a strong muscular system. He was tall 1.75 cm and was around 45 years old when he died. The dog, his loyal friend who died with him, was an ancient version of dachshund.source:http://www.newsweek.com/nautical-pompeii-found-pisa-96429https://www.facebook.com/navidipisa/timeline -- source link
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