By Rossella Lorenzi, Seeker.com, October 26, 2016
An ROV that had been deployed to collect data linked to sea level changes, stumbles across huge archaeological discoveries.
Researchers mapping ancient submerged landscapes in the Bulgarian waters of the Black Sea have stumbled upon a shipwreck graveyard with dozens of perfectly preserved vessels from the Ottoman and Byzantine periods.
Led by the University of Southampton’s Center for Maritime Archaeology and funded by the charitable organization Expedition and Education Foundation (EEF), the Black Sea Maritime Archaeology Project was carrying out a survey to understand how and when the water level rose in the Black Sea following the last Ice Age.
