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Underwater archaeology

Underwater archaeology

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- A great scientific adventure
- - From seabed to museum display
  - From heroic discoveries to high-tech exploration
  - Two raised hulls (From Port-Vendres 1 to Arles-Rhône 3)
  - Prevention is better than cure: preventive conservation
  - Shipwrecks in the laboratory
  - Displaying submerged heritage
- - French excavations abroad
  - The Mauritius, 1609 (Gabon)
  - Alexandria (Egypt)
  - Brunei (Brunei)
- - Deep sea archaeology
  - The robot is the future
  - Beach Arles 4
  - The wreck of the French battleship Danton (1909-1917)
  - Aleria 1
  - The Lune
- - Experimental archaeology
  - 3D modelling
  - The Protis Project and the Gyptis
  - Boat 1550 BC: the Bronze Age boat
- Exploring the shoreline
- - Caves and prehistory
  - Water and limestone
  - Cosquer cave
  - Biéroc-La Mondrée
- - Foreshore sites
  - Foreshore: danger zone
  - Foreshore wrecks
  - Fish weirs
  - The Urville-Nacqueville coastal conurbation
- - Submerged settlements
  - Étang de Thau
  - The Chenal de Caronte (Martigues)
- - Ports and harbours
  - Research subject
  - Harbours of Narbonne
  - Port de Fos
  - Arles harbour dump
- Underwater wrecks
- - Ancient wrecks
  - Lequin 1 A
  - Grand Ribaud F
  - Capo Sagro 3
  - Fourmigue C
  - Ouest-Giraglia 2
  - Sud Perduto 2
  - Ouest Embiez 1
  - Pointe de la Luque 2
  - Bloscon 1
  - L’épave de Ploumanac’h
- - Medieval wrecks
  - Saint-Gervais 2
  - Bataiguier
  - Aber Wrac’h 1
  - Carro 4
- - Early Modern wrecks
  - Shipwrecks of the La Hougue battle
  - The Lomellina
  - Mortella 3
  - The Sardinaux
  - The Sainte Dorothéa
  - The Prince de Conty
  - The Jeanne-Elisabeth
  - The Natière
- - Contemporary wrecks
  - The Golymin
  - The Vendémiaire
  - The Indian
  - The Ghiasone
  - The Bonaparte
  - The Alabama
  - The Colombian
  - The European
  - The Magenta
  - The Prophète
- - Wrecks from global conflicts
  - The U 95
  - The Protée
  - D-Day’s shipwreck
  - Heinkel 111
  - The Spitfire of Sallenelles
  - The P38 of Saint-Exupéry
  - The Daffodil
- Medias & Resources
- Map of underwater sites
- Media library
- Glossary of terms
- Bibliography
- Site map

Underwater archaeology

The seabed is scattered with wrecks and submerged archaeological sites, from the Cosquer cave to port structures. This website gives a fascinating insight into these underwater worlds, site prospecting and wreck excavation techniques, and the methods used to reconstruct, analyse and conserve them.

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Underwater

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Sounding lead
Amphorae found at the bottom of the sea
Lead ingots of different shapes
Cluttered remains
Drawing of the deposit
Underwater view of the site in 2015
Close-up of an ingot
Brittany landscape
Selection of African amphorae discovered in 1974.
The ROV at work
Measuring an amphora for study
Ingots and amphorae

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A great scientific adventure

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From seabed to museum display
French excavations abroad
Deep sea archaeology
Experimental archaeology

Exploring the shoreline

Caves and prehistory
Foreshore sites
Underwater habitats
Ports and harbours

Underwater wrecks

Ancient wrecks
Medieval wrecks
Early Modern wrecks
Contemporary wrecks
Wrecks from global conflicts

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Map of underwater sites
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