Wreck-Hunters Uncover A ‘Great Maritime Horror’ in the Mediterranean
<div class="field field-name-field-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" rel="schema:primaryImageOfPage og:image rdfs:seeAlso" resource="https://www.ancient-origins.net/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/field/image/wreck-maritime.jpg?itok=hWuQreDC"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://www.ancient-origins.net/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/field/image/wreck-maritime.jpg?itok=hWuQreDC" width="610" height="344" alt="In situ artifacts from Algiers shipwreck, on top of wooden hull elements in the stern of the Barbary Corsair wreck." /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="schema:description content:encoded"><p>Wreck-hunters have struck gold, or rather, a pirate ship, deep in the Mediterranean waters between Spain and Morocco! The remains of a 17th-century Barbary corsair have been uncovered, and it's making waves in the maritime archaeology world. The heavily armed pirate vessel was likely en route to the Spanish coast for a nefarious mission of capturing and enslaving, but loaded with pots and pans from Algiers to disguise itself as a humble trading vessel.</p>
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<h2>First Algiers Corsair in the Barbay Heartland</h2>
<p>This discovery marks “the first Algiers corsair found in the Barbary heartland”, according to Sean Kingsley, editor-in-chief of <a href="
https://www.wreckwatchmag.com/" rel="nofollow">Wreckwatch magazine[/url] and researcher on the project.</p>
<p>Their adventure began in 2005 when Florida-based Odyssey Marine Exploration (OME) stumbled upon the wreck during their quest for the HMS Sussex, an 80-gun English warship lost in 1694. This expedition turned out to be a treasure trove, also uncovering ancient
Roman and
Phoenician shipwrecks in the vicinity, reports <a href="
https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/17th-century-pirate-corsair-shipwreck-discovered-off-morocco-s-barbary-coast" rel="nofollow">
Live Science[/url]
.</p>
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