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a recreated ancient wreck near Marseille © Francis Le Guen

Underwater archeology: a dive amid cops and robbers

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  1. The three lives of the Stavros amphorae
  2. Amphorae trading
  3. At the heart of the Department of Underwater Archaeological Research (DRASSM)
  4. Should marine archeology be privatised ?

According to UNESCO, there are around three million shipwrecks that sleep peacefully at the bottom of our seas and oceans. With the second largest marine area in the world, France has decided to go to war against the plunder of the remaining wrecks. But is it even possible? For almost a year, OCEAN71 Magazine led a lengthy investigation that took us not only at the heart of the French authorities, but also of the ocean looters.

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