60 unidentified wrecks were discovered after 2,000 years under the Black Sea

Scientists found a total of 60 perfectly preserved shipwrecks from more than 2,000 years ago on the bottom of the Black Sea.

One of the world's largest undersea archaeological projects ended yesterday, after the three-year expedition revealed more than 60 ancient shipwrecks, of which the oldest ship dated 2,500 years. age, according to the International Business Times.

The Black Sea MAP project aims to understand changes in the ancient environment in the Black Sea region, including the impact of sea level changes during the last ice age. However, scientists were surprised to find a shipwreck accidentally while using underwater robots to survey the coastal area of ​​Bulgaria. Most ships from the Roman civilization, Greece and Ottoman ships are perfectly preserved.

The Black Sea has almost no light, oxygen with very few life forms exists, meaning organism that decomposes wood in the water. This condition helps to maintain the wreck in exactly the same state as when it was not wrecked, many ships still stand, intact rudders and countless devices and cargo boxes on the deck.

On a 2,000-year-old Roman ship, the researchers even found the rope intact, and there were some ships they had only seen before in ancient murals. All of the research team's artifacts were reprinted with 3D printers of the most detailed type in the world.

Wrecked an intact ship from the Ottoman Empire.(Photo: Rodrigo Pacheco Ruiz).

"Now Black Sea MAP is approaching the last stage of the third season, completing a survey of over 1,300km, collecting 100 specimens of sediment core and discovering 20 new wrecks, along with 40 wrecks found before. " said Professor Jon Adams of the University of Southampton, UK.

From the data and materials collected by the research team, they can restore changes in the ancient environment, better understand the impact of the process on the population in the area at that time.