This Medieval Byzantine Shipwreck Boasts More Gold Treasures Than Any Other Vessel Found Beneath the Mediterranean
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The waters off the coast of Mljet, a Croatian island in the Adriatic Sea, are home to more than two dozen sunken ships spanning nearly 2,500 years. But one stands out as “the most important shipwreck of its period,” opening a portal into a little-known chapter in Byzantine history, Justin Leidwanger, an archaeologist at Stanford University, tells Reuters’ Antonio Bronic.
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The waters off the coast of Mljet, a Croatian island in the Adriatic Sea, are home to more than two dozen sunken ships spanning nearly 2,500 years. But one stands out as “the most important shipwreck of its period,” opening a portal into a little-known chapter in Byzantine history, Justin Leidwanger, an archaeologist at Stanford University, tells Reuters’ Antonio Bronic. The vessel in question sank in the seventh or eighth century C.E. with a rich cargo of gold belt sets adorned with precious gemstones, as well as coins minted under four emperors from the Heraclian dynasty.
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- The waters off the coast of Mljet, a Croatian island in the Adriatic Sea, are home to more than two dozen sunken ships spanning nearly 2,500 years. But one stands out as “the most important shipwreck of its period,” opening a portal into a little-known chapter in Byzantine history, Justin Leidwanger, an archaeologist at Stanford University, tells Reuters’ Antonio Bronic.
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