Shipwrecks

Bid to Find Lost Persian Armada

Archaeologists have embarked on an epic search for an ancient fleet of Persian ships that was destroyed in a violent storm off Greece in 492 BC... The team will search for sunken remains of the armada - sent by Persian king Darius to invade Greece - which was annihilated before reaching its target. [Ancient Persia "" Shipwrecks]...

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Sunken Persian Warships

University of Colorado archaeologist, colleagues hot on the trail of ancient Persian warships Most useful research tool an octopus. CU-Boulder's Robert Hohlfelder enters the manned Thetis submersible submarine off the northern coast of Greece last October in search of sunken Persian warships. An international research team including a University o...

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