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• Originally published 07/02/2014

  Protection Sought for World War I Ships

  The 2001 convention originally applied only to sites sunk more than 100 years ago.

• Originally published 03/20/2013

  Middle Eastern martime traditions explored in Exeter University's dhow exhibition

  The maritime traditions of people living and travelling on the major sea routes of the western Indian Ocean are being explored in a first-of-its-kind exhibition at Exeter University, which will even feature a traditiontally constructed dhow, which has been made specially for the exhibition by artist Paul Riley in a workshop on the River Dart.

• Originally published 03/06/2013

  Sunstone Unearthed From Shipwreck

  In 1592, a British ship sank near the island of Alderney in the English Channel carrying an odd piece of cargo: a small, angular crystal. Though cloudy and scuffed up from 4 centuries at the bottom of the sea, its precise geometry and proximity to the ship's navigation equipment caught the eye of a diver exploring the wreckage. Once it was brought back to land, a few European scientists began to suspect the mysterious object might be a calcite crystal, which they believe Vikings and other European seafarers used to navigate before the introduction of the magnetic compass....