Under the briny sea
Dec 1, 2008 — In the second century of the common era, three Roman ships sank beneath the waters off the coast of Neapolis, now the site of the modern Italian city of Naples. Fourteen centuries later, off the coast of England, the Mary Rose, beloved warship of King Henry VIII, also met its watery doom. Now, researchers are using a variety of classic and novel optical tools to explore ancient life through these rediscovered relics.
In 2004, workers excavated a site intended for the extension of Naples’...