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What Archaeologists Have Recovered From Ancient Shipwrecks

Beneath layers of seabed silt, cold, low-oxygen water preserves wooden hulls, metal cargo, and fine ceramics that vanished on land centuries ago. From Bronze Age copper ingots to geared astronomical i

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Beneath layers of seabed silt, cold, low-oxygen water preserves wooden hulls, metal cargo, and fine ceramics that vanished on land centuries ago. From Bronze Age copper ingots to geared astronomical instruments, here is what underwater archaeologists have raised from ancient wrecks.

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