- Ag. Tychon, Ayithona, Ayios Tykhonas
- Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Antikythera underwater survey. A. Simosi (Ephoreia of Maritime Antiquities) in collaboration with Th. Theodoulou (Ephoreia of Maritime Antiquities) and B. Foley (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution) reports on a further survey season which indicated the likelihood that two ships sank in the location of the renowned Antikythera wreck of 67 BC. Both were engaged in transporting Greek luxury goods to Rome. The discovery of part of a lead anchor in 2012 (ID 2909) indicates that the ship to which...
Gulf of Herakleion. T. Theodoulou (Ephorate of Maritime Antiquities) reports on a collaborative project with the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution which revealed seven new shipwrecks in the Gulf of Herakleion, south and east of the isle of Dia. One wreck contained Cretan amphorae of the 1st and 2nd centuries AD. A second held Late Roman amphorae (5th - to 7th-century AD), and two more were Byzantine (8th- to 9th-century and later). The final three were more...
Chios. A survey led by K. Preka-Alexandri (Director emerita, EMA), in collaboration with the American Oceanographic Institute, Woods Hole (led by B. Foley), has documented and photographed 10 shipwreck sites on the NE coastline of Chios and Oinoussa which, on an initial estimation, date from ECl to Byz times, with one possible Med site. Four of these wreck sites are new discoveries. Research continued into the DNA of the substances contained in the recovered...
DNA analysis of residues contained within 2 amphorae from the 4th Ct BC ship wrecked in the straits between Chios and Oinousses is published by B.P. Foley and M.C. Hansson. The amphorae analysed contained oregano and olives: there are also indications of wine and possibly pistachio...