Archaeologists who dig the old fish market in Barcelona, Spain, They discovered the wreckage of the ship that had been drowned on the Catalonia coast about 500 years ago.
A Discover the team The ruins of a large bowl, may be used in the fifteenth or sixteenth centuries. A large part of the ship, which is ten and three length, is found with more than 30 curved wooden ribs, well preserved at a depth of 5 meters below sea level.
Santiago Palacius, 30, director of the archaeological team, said the discovery is of great importance, because the fifthThe archaeological stages are well preserved underwater rare. He added that more details will arise with drilling.
“What we discovered is part of a ship, perhaps to build like the Mediterranean Sea, but with effects from the Atlantic Ocean – perhaps from the Basque country or Galicia,” he said.
To ensure that the marine discovery is maintained, the team needs to prevent it from drying, which means that it needs to be constantly watering day and night.
“At this time, we are in the first stage of Maintain a piece From a wreckage. At this first stage, we keep all these wooden elements. Lana Lazaro, head of the restoration and preservation of the Barcelona Antiquities Center, said that it will be extracted soon with the piece and transferred to a permanent deposit, as we will perform the rest of the water desalination and impregnation of the wood.
Delia Eguiluz, 38, added:
“One of the main factors to maintain the current state of the ship is to maintain the original moisture level that he had when we found it, which was 100 %. So we need to keep it constantly, and at night, we use the irrigation system to ensure that the wood remains completely.”
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