Our researchers from Archaeology and Ocean and Earth Science have featured in a documentary about a three-year project to explore the depths of the Black Sea.
The team led scientific explorations in the region as part of the international Black Sea Maritime Archaeology Project, discovering 65 shipwrecks in an astonishing state of preservation, including the world’s oldest intact wreck (400BC). Ghosts of the Deep: Ancient Shipwrecks is due to be broadcast in two parts, the first was Monday 8 July at 21:00 on More4, with the second showing on Monday 15 July, also at 21:00.
Image: Professor Jon Adams (right) in the ship’s control room
Both chart the team’s use of advanced mapping technology to survey more than 2,000 sq km of seabed and recover 400m of geological core samples – in the process revealing hidden treasures, from a 17th century raiding fleet, to Roman trading vessels.
Professor Jon Adams from our Centre for Maritime Archaeology and Black Sea MAP’s principal investigator said:
“The two films document us using some of the world’s most advanced underwater survey systems to record unparalleled discoveries in truly stunning imagery.”
View a teaser below of the computer imagery that the team produced from real scan data:
Black Sea MAP was conceived in response to the vision of Hans K Rausing, who established the Expedition and Education Foundation to commission maritime research in the Black Sea. The Foundation’s work is funded by The Julia and Hans Rausing Trust.
