The Hunt for an Ancient Fleet

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THE HUNT FOR AN ANCIENT FLEET

Scientists racing time, pirates for secrets of Persian Wars ships

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The Hunt for an Ancient Fleet

By WILLIAM J. BROAD New York Times

Monday, May 3, 2004

The Persian Wars may be famed in history, but few artifacts and material remains have emerged to shed light on how the ancient Greeks defeated the Asian invaders and saved Europe in what scholars call one of the first great victories of freedom over tyranny.

It is well known that a deadly warship of antiquity, the trireme, a fast galley powered by three banks of...

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