The Extraordinary Hunt For Preserved Ancient Shipwrecks From Civilizations Long Lost
Published 2024-04-18
Led by charismatic chief scientist Jon Adams, the team send space aged remote survey vehicles 2 kilometres underwater to scan the seabed. In seeking geological clues, they quickly make remarkable finds: over 70 shipwrecks almost perfectly preserved in the chilly, oxygen-depleted water of this near landlocked sea. The films reveal extraordinary ships from the Ottoman, Byzantine, Roman and Greek civilisations.
They include discoveries that are unique worldwide: the most perfectly preserved Roman vessel ever and the only preserved Greek warship known. The series witnesses the highs and lows of the handpicked international team of world-class scientists, on their remarkable journey into the past. Their adventures at sea include extreme dives to depths of 100m, tense recovery operations struggling to salvage amphora from Roman ships and costly equipment failures that threaten their entire operation.
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All Comments (21)
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Whoever did the cinematography for this doc deserves a raise. Movie level shots in a standard level documentary
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Shout out to all Research Team for these thousand year old discovery
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The fact that the most important shipwreck of the black sea could literally be just right there in the darkness but the darkness keeps it from being found. Incredible
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The last wreck… what a discovery. And so intact still. As if it is ready to sail away.. unbelievable…. After 2000 years….. wow
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I hope what they recovered in Bulgarian waters stays in Bulgarian museums.
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I wish I could live long enough to see what new discoveries man can find to give a real face to how we lived 2000+ years ago. How people lived loved, traveled, knowing what was truly important. Today people take it for granted.
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I could watch videos like this 24/7 and I would like to see more documentaries of diving and research of the Black Sea. I spent many years on a Canadian Research Vessel during the Cold War period and I would drop everything to get a chance to hop on a Research Vessel in the Black Sea
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So fascinating. I can't even explain. How I felt just watching this program. Thank you so much for letting us watch with you
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"We have state of the art technology". Whips out a plunger to save the day.
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Awesome documentary, thank you
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Very interesting and Well Done documentary. And narrated perfectly👍
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Brought me to tears. Stunning, breathtaking, extraordinary
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Tow summers, 1967 and 1968, I got to dive with a Marine Archaeologist, Franco Colsimo in Sicilian waters. I saw a lot of amphora but all in less than 150 feet of water. Your ships are really deep! I would hope that a book or two such as Robert Ballard did for ships of Guadalcanal, Midway, Bismark and Titanic are in the works. I for one would reserve a copy.
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This was incredible thank you crew for your wonderful dedication!
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Great discoveries! Great video!! Hope more can be founded. But that Roman ship was fantastic!
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Diving blue waters for ancient ship wrecks helps get to the bottom of historically unanswered questions and provides far deeper understanding, indeed! 😑
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Imagine how much more there are on the sea bottom all over the earth still not seen.
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Amazing work! Congrats🎉
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The daredevils of their time were the ancient sailors
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😮😮 I know that John made the decision to go diving himself down to 95 meters. I'm just wondering wouldn't it have been a more prudent decision to send the ROV instead down to that depth?
