Caligula's barges and the Renaissance origins of nautical archaeology under water

Caligula's barges and the Renaissance origins of nautical archaeology under water /

Sometime around 1446 A.D., Cardinal Prospero Colonna commissioned engineer Battista Alberti to raise two immense Roman vessels from the bottom of the lago di Nemi, just south of Rome. By that time, local fishermen had been fouling their nets and occasionally recovering stray objects from the sunken...

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Main Author: McManamon, John M. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: College Station : Texas A & M University Press, 2016
Edition:First edition.
Series:Ed Rachal Foundation nautical archaeology series.
Subjects:
Ships, Ancient > Italy > Nemi, Lake.
Excavations (Archaeology) > Italy.
Deep diving > Italy > Nemi, Lake > History.
Deep diving > Equipment and supplies.
Underwater archaeology > Italy > History.
Nemi, Lake (Italy) > Antiquities.
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