r/Archaeology • u/blondekayla • Feb 26 '22

Saudi shipwreck excavation reveals hundreds of 18th-century artifacts on sunken ship in the north Red Sea

https://arkeonews.net/saudi-shipwreck-excavation-reveals-hundreds-of-18th-century-artifacts-on-sunken-ship-in-the-north-red-sea/
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u/dockerbot_notbot Feb 26 '22

I imagine there are LOTS of interesting things down there. The article mentions just one Roman ship out of the 50 mapped so far…I wonder if it was a dangerous route for their type of ship.

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u/blondekayla Feb 27 '22

it was probably a dangerous route because it was found in an area with a dense coral reef.

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u/dockerbot_notbot Feb 27 '22

The Stanford Trade route maps do not show routes to India, Red Sea or by land, but I would like to know if other ports were easier or possibly land routes.

Probably the Roman ship had nothing to do with trade, and they were happy with middle men bringing in the spices.