January 22, 2004
Ancient Fleet Search

BBCnews is carrying this article summarizing upcoming efforts to find King Darius's Persian sea fleet. Destroyed in a violent storm in 492 BC, the fleet could potentially lead to a great many insights into the way Persian soldiers lived and fought.

Interestingly, they don't expect to find any Greek triremes. Apparently they were made without much, if any, ballast, and just plain didn't sink.

Posted by scott at January 22, 2004 09:32 AM

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