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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;mrbrklyn, post: 1424217, member: 4381&quot;]<a href="http://greece.greekreporter.com/2012/04/19/shipwrecks-in-rhodes-and-zakynthos-being-protected-from-natural-decay/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://greece.greekreporter.com/2012/04/19/shipwrecks-in-rhodes-and-zakynthos-being-protected-from-natural-decay/" rel="nofollow">http://greece.greekreporter.com/2012/04/19/shipwrecks-in-rhodes-and-zakynthos-being-protected-from-natural-decay/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Shipwrecks in Rhodes and Zakynthos Being Protected From Natural Decay</p><p>By Areti Kotseli on April 19, 2012 in News</p><p>&nbsp;8&nbsp; 6</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Email1 ShareThis15</p><p><br /></p><p>A 13th century shipwreck that lies in the depths of Rhodes port is about to be put into a protection metal cave in order to safeguard its wooden hull from various sea “enemies” threatening its preservation.</p><p><br /></p><p>The idea came from a proposal of the Technological Educational&nbsp; Institute of Athens under the title, “Saving Wooden Shipwrecks in the Mediterranean Marine Ecosystem: Research, Development and Application of Innovative Methods of In Situ Protection” from the Department of Conservation of Antiquities and Works of Art Program (co-funded by the European Union, scientific coordinator Dr. Anastasia Pournou). The proposal was presented to the Central Archaeological Council, which approved its application.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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