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<\/a> When it comes to this kind of work, not only is \u2018some assembly required\u2019 an infinity of patience is also required. <\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Bodrum was an ancient Roman fortified port city. It would be from here that we sailed on the Gulet boat to the island of Kos to see the famous Asclepion. But first we visited the leading underwater archaeology institute in the old world\u2026.just fascinating. The lab is not big, but it does important work, because […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":91,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15855","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n
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<\/a> explaining the recovery of these enormous capital drums for a temple that went down with a ship off the coast of Turkey.. The smaller recoveries are inside, where the jugzaw puzzle work of putting back together amphorae and canteens and boats is ongoing\u2026. Why do they do this? To find out the capacities of such vessels, and whether there were standard sizes and shaped and a host of other things\u2026..They are also into the preservation of ancient ship wood, using brine and chemicals\u2026 Here are some shots\u2026.![\"ina2\"](\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/55\/2016\/06\/ina2.jpg\")
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<\/a> That\u2019s Levent and Dr. Mark Wilson in the background\u2026![\"ina7\"](\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/55\/2016\/06\/ina7.jpg\")
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