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Chersonesos A is an
early Medieval The Early Middle Ages (or early medieval period), sometimes controversially referred to as the Dark Ages, is typically regarded by historians as lasting from the late 5th to the 10th century. They marked the start of the Middle Ages of Europ ...
Black Sea shipwreck located in suboxic waters off the coast of
Crimean peninsula Crimea ( ) is a peninsula in Eastern Europe, on the northern coast of the Black Sea, almost entirely surrounded by the Black Sea and the smaller Sea of Azov. The Isthmus of Perekop connects the peninsula to Kherson Oblast in mainland Ukrai ...
.Deepwater investigations of two Byzantine shipwrecks, 2007
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Byzantine The Byzantine Empire, also known as the Eastern Roman Empire, was the continuation of the Roman Empire centred on Constantinople during late antiquity and the Middle Ages. Having survived the events that caused the fall of the Western Roman E ...
trading vessel.


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* Sinop D *
Robert Ballard Robert Duane Ballard (born June 30, 1942) is an American retired Navy officer and a professor of oceanography at the University of Rhode Island who is noted for his work in underwater archaeology (maritime archaeology and archaeology of ...
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List of surviving ancient ships This is a list of surviving ships from the Ancient history, ancient or Prehistory, prehistoric era. All the ships on this list date to 5th century Anno Domini, AD or before. See also * Ships of ancient Rome * List of oldest surviving ships * ...


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