03-11-2009, 04:49 PM
Salve,
The ship in Brazil was discovered by sport divers in 1976. Robert Marx, a founder of the Council for Underwater Archaeology, explored the site in 1981. By that time there were at least 50 amphora said to be from the site. The type of amphora were identified by experts, according to Marx as “being from the third century AD” and to have originated in Morocco. The encrustations of marine life on some of the amphora were identified as native to Brazil and were radiocarbon dated to over 1500 years old. In 1982, he expected to return to the site but was prevented from doing so by the Brazilian government supposedly because they did not want to challenge the notion that Brazil was discovered by the Portuguese. No report has ever been produced on the site, the identification of the amphora or the radiocarbon dating. We are left with Marx’s word and a mystery. His recollections are presented in the book called “Treasure Lost at Sea” which was published by Firefly Books in 2004.
The ship in Brazil was discovered by sport divers in 1976. Robert Marx, a founder of the Council for Underwater Archaeology, explored the site in 1981. By that time there were at least 50 amphora said to be from the site. The type of amphora were identified by experts, according to Marx as “being from the third century AD” and to have originated in Morocco. The encrustations of marine life on some of the amphora were identified as native to Brazil and were radiocarbon dated to over 1500 years old. In 1982, he expected to return to the site but was prevented from doing so by the Brazilian government supposedly because they did not want to challenge the notion that Brazil was discovered by the Portuguese. No report has ever been produced on the site, the identification of the amphora or the radiocarbon dating. We are left with Marx’s word and a mystery. His recollections are presented in the book called “Treasure Lost at Sea” which was published by Firefly Books in 2004.
Sallustius Metellius
(Tim Riordan)
(Tim Riordan)
