Shipwreck booty.Armed with a state Department of Transportation grant of $300,000, archaeologists in Delaware have resumed their underwater investigation of the sunken Severn, which sailed the mid-Atlantic in 1774. The ship is about 15 feet under, in a place where visibility can range from 6 inches to a foot. The wreck was discovered accidentally in late 2004 after a dredging dredging, process of excavating materials underwater. It is used to deepen waterways, harbors, and docks and for mining alluvial mineral deposits, including tin, gold, and diamonds. project pumped artifact-laden sand away from the site onto the beach. Archaeologists have found more than 45,000 artifacts artifacts see specimen artifacts. from the wreck so far--from Chinese porcelain to South African wine South African wine has a history dating back to 1659, and at one time Constantia was considered one of the greatest wines in the world. Under apartheid, the industry struggled with inferior grape varieties and industrial winemaking, but the dismantling of the old state to wool blankets from Holland and mineral water bottles from Germany. This is the second major shipwreck shipwreck, complete or partial destruction of a vessel as a result of collision, fire, grounding, storm, explosion, or other mishap. In the ancient world sea travel was hazardous, but in modern times the number of shipwrecks due to nonhostile causes has steadily to be excavated in Delaware. Historians say there are hundreds more awaiting discovery. |
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