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This film was produced by the Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation and the Na...
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This film was produced by the Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation and the National Geographic Society, 1978.
It follows the discovery and archaeological excavation of a late 4th-century merchant vessel wrecked off Kyrenia, Cyprus. The excavation--the first of its kind-- was carried out by an international team representing 12 different countries and led by Michael Katzev of the American Institute of Nautical Archaeology (now the Institute of Nautical Archaeology based at Texas A&M University).
The team spent two summers excavating the site which revealed layers of cargo and numerous other objects including dining wares and finally the remains of the ship's hull itself, which were recovered in fragments and conserved--in the case of some pieces, for two years--before being used to reconstruct nearly 75% of the original hull.
Reconstruction of the Kyrenia ship was directed by J. Richard Steffy whose life and work has been chronicled by his son Loren Steffy in a new book, "The Man Who Thought Like a Ship," published by Texas A&M University Press. Read more about this book, the Kyrenia excavation and the archaeologists and scholars involved in this historic project at inadiscover.com.
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inadiscover uploaded a new video
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This film was produced by the Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation and the Na...
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This film was produced by the Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation and the National Geographic Society, 1978.
It follows the discovery and archaeological excavation of a late 4th-century merchant vessel wrecked off Kyrenia, Cyprus. The excavation--the first of its kind-- was carried out by an international team representing 12 different countries and led by Michael Katzev of the American Institute of Nautical Archaeology (now the Institute of Nautical Archaeology based at Texas A&M University).
The team spent two summers excavating the site which revealed layers of cargo and numerous other objects including dining wares and finally the remains of the ship's hull itself, which were recovered in fragments and conserved--in the case of some pieces, for two years--before being used to reconstruct nearly 75% of the original hull.
Reconstruction of the Kyrenia ship was directed by J. Richard Steffy whose life and work has been chronicled by his son Loren Steffy in a new book, "The Man Who Thought Like a Ship," published by Texas A&M University Press. Read more about this book, the Kyrenia excavation and the archaeologists and scholars involved in this historic project at inadiscover.com.
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inadiscover uploaded a new video
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"For more than two millennia the wood fragments of the Kyrenia ship...
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"For more than two millennia the wood fragments of the Kyrenia shipwreck remained on the sea floor, eaten by worms and soaking up seawater until they had the consistency of wet cardboard. There were some 6,000 pieces in all, and Richard "Dick" Steffy's job was to put them all back together in their original shape like some massive, ancient jigsaw puzzle."
- Dr. George F. Bass
Founder of the Institute of Nautical Archaeology (http://inadiscover.com/)
In a series of still photos taken by Susan Katzev some 40 years ago, this slideshow depicts the first time an ancient ship was reassembled from its sunken fragments. This was accomplished by Dick Steffy (1924-2007), whose determination to follow his dream is chronicled in a new book written by his son, Houston Chronicle columnist, Loren Steffy, published by TAMU Press.
This remarkable, self-taught scholar played a key role in the development of nautical archaeology, the NAP program at Texas A&M, and The Institute of Nautical Archaeology. Order your copy today from Texas A&M University Press. http://www.tamupr...
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inadiscover uploaded a new video
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The birth of Underwater Archaeology, 1960-1962, shows the pioneers of na...
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The birth of Underwater Archaeology, 1960-1962, shows the pioneers of nautical archaeology as they develop methods of excavating ancient shipwrecks on the seabed. Among them are George Bass, Claude Duthuit, Frederick van Doorninck, Susan Womer Katzev, Ann Bass, and David Owen, who later founded the Institute of Nautical Archaeology (INA) which now excavates around the world. Learn more about INA's research in George Bass's book Beneath the Seven Seas and at www.inadiscover.com.
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