The Sunken Treasures of the Mediterranean Coast

Have the words sunken treasure, lost world, Gilligan's Island, deep sea diving and treasure hunting ever just gave you the chills? Do these types of activities, the thoughts of going and finding a lost treasure intrigue you and get you all excited, mouth watering, can't wait to go, are we there yet type of feelings? Well some other people had the same type of feeling and now more people will with new findings off of the Egyptian coast. I am sure there will be hundreds if not thousands of treasure seekers heading their way to the Mediterranean waters to test their luck, skill, patience and siphon their bank accounts just to have the chance of finding a long lost treasure.

But why would people be flocking there to search for treasure? Because it there have been some new findings in that area recently. A Paris newspaper had a write up about how many items had been recovered and their thoughts on how they had been lost and either preserved by sediment or lost through the erosion of the sea water and sand. One of the most impressive pieces to date to have been found was this hieroglyphics-covered prayer niche, something also called "Naos" which can be dated back to the ages of 380 B.C. If that is not impressive enough, we have been finding such types of Egyptian artifacts since the mid to late 1700's. A bust of the Egyptian God Serapis was found and claimed to look exactly like Zeus, beard, curly locks and all!

An archaeologist named Franck Goddio says there is enough left under the Mediterranean Sea for treasure hunters to be able to search for to last for over 150 years! Goddio led an expedition for the European Institute of Submarine Archaeology and started his treasure hunts back in 1996 and used such technological equipment as sonar depth finders and sounding equipment to help pin point areas where the treasures might lie deep into the Mediterranean sea.

Findings have shown both signs of Egyptian as well as Grecian markings, showing history in its making during the times when the Greeks started controlling Egyptian territories. This folks is history from the past as well as history in the making for all of us who are historians and the seekers of our past, the beginnings of previous cultures and countries. For us, this is a true find, has been an exiting time and showing to be more fun and treasure hunting to abound for all who choose to dare to dive!!