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| 0:00 | · | hey everyone welcome back for another |
| 0:01 | · | deep dive today we're going back in time |
| 0:05 | · | way back oh like over 2 and a half |
| 0:07 | · | thousand years to the world of the |
| 0:09 | · | Phoenicians a fascinating civilization |
| 0:12 | · | and we've got a seriously cool Discovery |
| 0:14 | · | to unpack definitely a remarkably intact |
| 0:17 | · | shipwreck it's called the mazeron II |
| 0:20 | · | mazeron II yeah recently raised off the |
| 0:22 | · | coast of Spain and get this it's giving |
| 0:26 | · | us a glimpse into this mysterious |
| 0:28 | · | civilization like never before now when |
| 0:31 | · | we talk about the Mazer on the second |
| 0:33 | · | what really makes it stand out is that |
| 0:35 | · | it's one of the few Phoenician |
| 0:37 | · | shipwrecks that's been found mostly |
| 0:39 | · | intact we have pieces and fragments from |
| 0:41 | · | other sites but the mazeron II this |
| 0:44 | · | gives us a chance to look at a whole |
| 0:47 | · | ship and that is a GameChanger when it |
| 0:50 | · | comes to understanding how these Master |
| 0:52 | · | Mariners ruled the waves for centuries |
| 0:55 | · | okay hold on we're talking about the |
| 0:56 | · | Phoenicians here the folks who gave us |
| 0:58 | · | the alphabet that's right right mhm but |
| 1:00 | · | we don't really know much about their |
| 1:01 | · | ships not as much as we'd like I mean |
| 1:03 | · | come on this is like finding a blueprint |
| 1:06 | · | to one of the most important Maritime |
| 1:08 | · | empires in history you hit the nail on |
| 1:09 | · | the head we have all this info about |
| 1:11 | · | Greek and Roman ships because they |
| 1:13 | · | documented everything meticulously but |
| 1:16 | · | the Phoenicians they were a bit more |
| 1:18 | · | secretive about their methods mysterious |
| 1:20 | · | so this shipwreck this is like a key |
| 1:22 | · | unlocking their secrets you really is so |
| 1:24 | · | let's set the scene back in |
| 1:27 | · | 1994 this wasn't the first Phoenician |
| 1:29 | · | Tre treasure they found in these Waters |
| 1:31 | · | was it you're absolutely right you |
| 1:32 | · | remember the mazeron theer oh yeah |
| 1:35 | · | discovered just a year earlier in '93 |
| 1:37 | · | and now a star attraction at the |
| 1:40 | · | national museum of underwater |
| 1:41 | · | archaeology in Spain wow so when they |
| 1:44 | · | found the Maser on the second yearby |
| 1:46 | · | well you can imagine the excitement I |
| 1:47 | · | can only imagine okay so they find this |
| 1:49 | · | incredible shipwreck but how do they |
| 1:51 | · | even begin to bring a 2600 year old |
| 1:54 | · | wooden puzzle to the surface it was a |
| 1:56 | · | delicate operation for sure it took a |
| 1:58 | · | team of 14 Specialists almost two months |
| 2:02 | · | to carefully lift the shipwreck two |
| 2:04 | · | months yeah piece by piece it was like |
| 2:06 | · | assembling a giant soggy jigsaw puzzle |
| 2:09 | · | that's incredible can you |
| 2:11 | · | describe what it was like seeing those |
| 2:13 | · | pieces emerge from the depths well it |
| 2:16 | · | was exciting to say the least and to be |
| 2:18 | · | honest a little perplexing perplexing |
| 2:21 | · | how well at first glance some parts of |
| 2:24 | · | the mazeron II looked like ship building |
| 2:26 | · | techniques used by other cultures in the |
| 2:28 | · | area but then we started |
| 2:31 | · | noticing these unique features things |
| 2:34 | · | we'd never seen before wait you can't |
| 2:36 | · | just leave us hanging like that what |
| 2:37 | · | kind of unique features well one of the |
| 2:39 | · | most interesting things was the way the |
| 2:42 | · | whole planks are joined together they |
| 2:44 | · | use a technique called a scarf joint a |
| 2:47 | · | scarf joint which is different from the |
| 2:49 | · | mortise and Tenon joints that you |
| 2:51 | · | usually see in like Greek or Roman ships |
| 2:54 | · | this scarf joint created a smoother hole |
| 2:57 | · | which could have made The Phoenician |
| 2:58 | · | ships faster |
| 3:00 | · | we also found evidence of unique rigging |
| 3:03 | · | and sail attachments suggesting a level |
| 3:05 | · | of sophistication we hadn't fully |
| 3:07 | · | grasped before wow so this isn't just |
| 3:10 | · | confirming what we already knew this is |
| 3:11 | · | like rewriting our understanding of |
| 3:13 | · | Phoenician ship building it's like a |
| 3:14 | · | hidden chapter in their story |
| 3:16 | · | highlighting their Ingenuity and just |
| 3:18 | · | how dominant they were at Sea and it |
| 3:19 | · | makes you wonder what else might this |
| 3:22 | · | shipwreck reveal so what happens now |
| 3:25 | · | what's next for the mees on a second |
| 3:27 | · | well right now every piece of the |
| 3:29 | · | Shipwreck is a the Museum of underwater |
| 3:30 | · | archaeology down in southern Spain and |
| 3:33 | · | it's undergoing this multi-year |
| 3:35 | · | conservation process year yeah it takes |
| 3:39 | · | time to carefully remove the salts and |
| 3:42 | · | preserve that fragile wood but it's |
| 3:44 | · | crucial to make sure that this treasure |
| 3:46 | · | can be studied for generations to come |
| 3:49 | · | so a long road ahead but well worth the |
| 3:52 | · | wait this isn't just about putting an |
| 3:53 | · | old ship back together it's about |
| 3:55 | · | uncovering a lost piece of History |
| 3:57 | · | absolutely and who knows what other |
| 3:59 | · | secrets the Mouser on the second might |
| 4:01 | · | hold |
Ancient shipwreck dating back at least 2,600 years is raised from waters off Spain
By Free Republic | Created at 2024-12-30 16:08:58 | Updated at 2025-01-02 13:43:57
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