microrobert
11-12-2013, 05:01 AM
Ancient naval battle rises above the waves
The year was 241BC and on the 10th of March a massive naval battle took place off the coast of Sicily between the Romans and Carthaginians. The defeat of the Carthaginians brought about an end to the First Punic War (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Punic_War)and set the Roman Republic on its militaristic path to establishing an Empire.
The Battle of the Egadi Islands is the first ancient naval battle site ever to discovered in its entirety and is now being surveyed in minute detail.
Directed by the Soprintendenza del Mare and RPM Nautical Foundation (http://rpmnautical.org/index.html), the Egadi Island Survey was established nearly 10 years ago. The team have been joined by the University of Nottingham’s underwater archaeologist Dr Jon Henderson (http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/archaeology/people/jon.henderson)who is using some of the latest techniques to help survey and map the battle site.
Ancient naval battle rises above the waves - Archaeology News from Past Horizons : Archaeology News from Past Horizons (http://www.pasthorizonspr.com/index.php/archives/11/2013/ancient-naval-battle-rises-above-the-waves)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OPTX1cySCTA
The year was 241BC and on the 10th of March a massive naval battle took place off the coast of Sicily between the Romans and Carthaginians. The defeat of the Carthaginians brought about an end to the First Punic War (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Punic_War)and set the Roman Republic on its militaristic path to establishing an Empire.
The Battle of the Egadi Islands is the first ancient naval battle site ever to discovered in its entirety and is now being surveyed in minute detail.
Directed by the Soprintendenza del Mare and RPM Nautical Foundation (http://rpmnautical.org/index.html), the Egadi Island Survey was established nearly 10 years ago. The team have been joined by the University of Nottingham’s underwater archaeologist Dr Jon Henderson (http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/archaeology/people/jon.henderson)who is using some of the latest techniques to help survey and map the battle site.
Ancient naval battle rises above the waves - Archaeology News from Past Horizons : Archaeology News from Past Horizons (http://www.pasthorizonspr.com/index.php/archives/11/2013/ancient-naval-battle-rises-above-the-waves)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OPTX1cySCTA