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View of USS Hornet
Source: See CBS News link below.
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I've been seeing reports of recent archaeological investigations at Cape Canaveral. They feel some urgency to do it now before it is lost due to climate change.
Here is an excerpt from one report.
… There are over 30,000 recorded archaeological sites in Florida, FPAN Central Region Director Jeff Moates said.
Of those sites, roughly 3,000 are at risk of a 1-meter or 3-feet sea level rise. If sea levels rise to 2 meters or 6 feet, about 4,000 sites could be eroded or inundated.
According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, sea levels are rising at an alarming rate. In 2017, global mean sea level was 3 inches above the 1993 average — the highest annual average in the satellite record, NOAA data shows...
Here is the link for the rest of the article.
https://www.floridatoday.com/story/tech/science/space/2019/02/14/at-floridas-gateway-to-space-archaeologists-are-in-a-race-against-time/2849364002/
Here is an excerpt from another article on the same subject.
… Due to climate change and sea level rise, a lot of these sites are going to be eroded in 20 to 25 years," said Thomas Penders, the 45th Space Wing's cultural resources manager.
The team is conducting three-dimensional mapping of the facility's historic launch complexes and laser scanning of a Native American burial mound using ground-penetrating radar.
The fact that you have all of these things on top of each other in time is really interesting as an archaeologist to explore," said Lon Collins, a USF professor...
Here is that link.
https://www.wftv.com/weather/space/archaeologists-race-to-preserve-cape-canaveral-air-force-station-s-past/918458991
My perspective is different. I find it hard to imagine that you can walk very many places on this earth where people haven't been before and left something behind in the process. I guess that is because I've found so many things in so many out-of-the-way places. According to their criteria, which in my opinion should be more specific, it would seem that the most of the world is an archaeological site.
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The research vessel Petrel is perched on a spot in the South Pacific Ocean that was anything but peaceful 77 years ago. Then, it was the scene of a major World War II battle between the U.S. and the Imperial Japanese Navies. For the U. S. aircraft carrier USS Hornet, it would be her last battle.
Now, researchers are revealing Petrel found the wreckage of the USS Hornet in late January – exactly what they were looking for. The ship was found more than 17,000 feet below the surface, on the floor of the South Pacific Ocean near the Solomon Islands. The USS Hornet is best known for launching the important Doolittle Raid in April of 1942 and its role in winning the Battle of Midway.
Richard Nowatzki, 95 now, was an 18-year-old gunner on Hornet when enemy planes scored several hits, reports CBS News' Mark Phillips...
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/uss-hornet-wreckage-world-war-two-warship-discovered/
Mr. Nowatzki told them there was forty dollars in his locker, if they found it. Imagine the personal belongings of all those young men still locked away deep below the ocean. More important is the sacrifices of those young fellows that went off to war so many years ago.
The Petrel is Paul Allen's research vessel that has explored and discovered other WW II wrecks.
https://www.paulallen.com/?s=&category_type=RV%20Petrel
Paul Allen is the co-founder of Microsoft.
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| Source: See Ahram link below. |
Excavations carried out by an Egyptian mission at the Tel Abu Seify archaeological site in Northern Sinai uncovered the remains of a limestone building that was once a workshop for the construction and repair of boats and vessels during the Ptolemaic and Roman periods. The site is said to have been the location of the Roman fortress of Silla.
Here is the link for more about that.
http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/41/325517/Heritage/GrecoRoman/Ancient-workshop-for-construction-of-boats-uncover.aspx
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Happy hunting,
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