ATHENS, GREECE—According to a report by La Brújula Verde magazine, a multi-year underwater archaeological survey of the Aegean’s Kasos Strait completed in October 2023 has uncovered 10 submerged shipwrecks. During the four expeditions, which were led by the Hellenic National Research Foundation and Greece’s Ministry of Culture, researchers recovered finds dating from about 3000 B.C. to the medieval and Ottoman periods. As a result, archaeologists have recorded remnants of ancient ships and the goods they transported from Spain, Italy, Africa, and Asia Minor. Their discoveries include an Archaic-period anchor, Roman-era terra sigillata pottery made in Africa, drinking vessels, a Spanish amphora dating to between A.D. 150 and 170, and a ship likely from World War II. For the first time, the interdisciplinary research team also mapped the Kasos-Karpathos reef using side-scan sonar. To read about a first-century B.C. shipwreck that was discovered in 1900 off a Greek island, go to “Antikythera Man,” one of ARCHAEOLOGY’s Top 10 Discoveries of 2016.
