Ancient Shipwreck Museum in Kyrenia ~ Antik Batık Gemi Müzesi Girne North Cyprus 2013
Kyrenia Shipwreck Museum
This Museum houses the oldest trading ship known to us with her cargo, which was raised from the bottom of the sea.
The ship sailed in the Mediterranean during the life time of Alexander the Great and his successors. She sank in open waters less than a mile from the anchorage of Kyrenia.
The evidence point to her being taken by rough seas around the year 300 B.C, when she was rather old.
Michael Katzev of the University Museum of Pennsylvania directed a team to survey the coast of Cyprus for shipwrecks in 1967. In Kyrenia a sponge diver took the team to the site. Using a metal detector, protonmagnetometer and probes, the group spent a month surveying the site to find the ship and the cargo over an area measuring 60 x 30 feet.
During the summers of 1968 and 1969 the expedition consisting of 50 under water archaeologists, students and technicians employed stereo-photography and other developed techniques to record the position of each object before they were raised.
Then the ship's wooden hull which was well preserved in the sand mud was mapped labelled and lifted in pieces to the surface.
The objects in the museum are the original ones carried on her during her last voyage about 2300 years ago. From them we can learn about the life of those traders. More than 400 wine amphoras, mostly made in Rhodes, consist the main cargo, and they indicate that the ship made an important stop at that island.
On the other hand, ten distinct amphora shapes on boar show a different port of call, such as Samos in the north. Another part of the cargo of the ship was perfectly preserved almonds, 9000 in number, which were found in jars and also amassed within the ship's hull. The 29 millstones, laden on over the keel in three rows, were being transported as cargo, but at the same time serving as ballast. At the stone quarry, probably on the island of Kos, masons carved letters of indentification on the sides of these stones.
From all these it can be assumed that the ship sailed southwards along the coast of Anatolia, calling at Samos, Kos and Rhodes before continuing eastwards to her destruction in Cyprus.
That the sailors fished during the voyage is clear from more than 300 lead net weights left in the bow. Meals were probably prepared ashore, using large casserole pot and a bronze cauldrons.
Four wooden spoons, four oil jugs, four salt dishes and four drinking cups recovered in the shipwreck suggest the number of the crew on the last voyage. The ship's single sail had been taken down before sinking since in the stern were found more than 100 lead rigging rings from a large square sail stowed there. The wooden hull, build mostly of Aleppo pine, was preserved for a length of almost 40 feet, originally measured 47 feet long by 14 1/2 across. She sailed at 4 to 5 knots. The ship was built in the shelfirst manner, quite the opposite of today's method. Rather than building a skeleton of ribs first, her outer planking up from the keel was constructed and then the ribs were laid in and these were secured with cooper spikes. The ship was intended for long service and underwent many repairs. In the last reparation a skin of lead sheathing was applied to her body to keep the old ship waterproof. Carbon 14 analysis of the almonds points to a date of 288 (plus or minus 62) B.C. and the tees out for the ship planking 389 (plus or minus 44) B.C. Hence, the ship was more than 80 years old the day she sank.
Preservation and conservation of the ship began in 1970 and lasted four years. The great part of reasamblage was completed after the Turkish Peace Operation and finished in the year 1976. The last contributions were made in order to finish the project and to open it as a cultural service for the world. Our thanks are due to the University Museum of Pennsylvania and other institutions which gave generous funds for the project and especially to the director Mr. Michael Katzev and to the members of the project.
Batık Gemi Müzesi
Akdenizde Helenistik Krallıklara ait donemde sefere cikmis bu yasli tekne, M.O. 3. Yuzyilda acik denizde bir firtinaya tutulmus ve Girne acıklarinda batmıstir. Bir sunger avcisi tarafindan Girne'nin 1.5 km aciginda, suyun 3 m derinliginde 1965 yilinda yeri tespit edilmis, 1968-1969 yillari arasnda Pennsylvania Universitesi arastirmaci uzman ekibi tarafindan yapilan calismalar sonucu su ustune cikarilmis ve bugunku yerine aktarilmistir. Geminin Halep camindan yapilmis govdesi 15 m uzunlugundadir. Geminin yapildigi agaca uygulanan karbon 14 testleri sonucu geminin M.O. 389 yilinda yapildigi, batikta ele gecirilen badem kalintilarina uygulanan karbon 14 testlerinde de M.O 288 tarihi bulunmustur. Bu verilere gore gemi battgi zaman 80'li yaslarinda oldugu tahmin edilmektedir.
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Kyrenia Castle, magnificently overlooking the shores of the Mediterranean, can be explored on, around and through the walls of this fortress.
After stepping down from its towers, Matt observes the 2,000-year-old shipwreck museum and its cargo that was salvaged 40 years ago. The castle also contains its darker side with a torture museum, naturally, underground.
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Kyrenia, Cyprus Ancient Shipwreck Documentary (1965 - 1971)
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Kyrenia Shipwreck Project
For more than two millennia the wood fragments of the Kyrenia shipwreck remained on the sea floor, eaten by worms and soaking up seawater until they had the consistency of wet cardboard. There were some 6,000 pieces in all, and Richard Dick Steffy's job was to put them all back together in their original shape like some massive, ancient jigsaw puzzle.
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In a series of still photos taken by Susan Katzev some 40 years ago, this slideshow depicts the first time an ancient ship was reassembled from its sunken fragments. This was accomplished by Dick Steffy (1924-2007), whose determination to follow his dream is chronicled in a new book written by his son, Houston Chronicle columnist, Loren Steffy, published by TAMU Press.
This remarkable, self-taught scholar played a key role in the development of nautical archaeology, the NAP program at Texas A&M, and The Institute of Nautical Archaeology. Order your copy today from Texas A&M University Press.
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Merchant ship of the greek antiquity 4th-3rd century bc . This model is based on the design line of the Kyrenia shipwreck (350 bc) but modified to reflect the more typical ship of the period, according to vase images displayed in the British Museum
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Cipro Nord -- Il relitto di Kyrenia - North Cyprus - The wreck of Kyrenia
Merita senz'altro una visita il Museo del Castello di Kyrenia per poter vedere il famoso relitto di Kyrenia, il più antico natante mai recuperato nelle acque di Cipro, ed il secondo al mondo, lo scafo ligneo è sorprendentemente ben conservato!
Si tratta di un mercantile con lo scafo in legno affondato verso il 300 a.C. e scoperto nel 1967 nelle acque cristalline del mediterraneo ai piedi del Castello di Kyrenia. Potete leggere il racconto del mio viaggio:
Well worth a visit Kyrenia Castle Museum to see the famous shipwreck of Kyrenia, the oldest ship ever recovered in the waters of Cyprus, and the second in the world, it is surprisingly well-preserved wooden boat!
This is a merchant with a wooden hull sank around 300 BC and discovered in 1967 in the crystalline waters of the Mediterranean at the foot of the Kyrenia Castle. You can read the story of my trip:
Kyrenia (Greek: Κερύνεια, Turkish: Girne), Cyprus (Northern)
SUBSCRIBE: - (Greek: Κερύνεια, Turkish: Girne), Cyprus (Northern). Vic Stefanu, vstefanu@yahoo.com. Kyrenia (Girne) is a city on the north coast of Cyprus, known for its cobblestoned old town and horseshoe-shaped harbor. The ancient Kyrenia Castle is a large fortification with a dungeon accessible by a stone bridge. The castle houses the Shipwreck Museum, with a shipwreck from the 3rd century B.C. The nearby Icon Museum displays religious icons inside the restored Greek Orthodox Archangelos Michael Church.
Kyrenia Castle - Kyrenia (Northern Cyprus)
Kyrenia Castle (Greek: Κάστρο της Κερύνειας Turkish: Girne Kalesi), at the east end of the old harbour in Kyrenia is a 16th-century castle built by the Venetians over a previous Crusader fortification. Within its walls lies a twelfth-century chapel showing reused late Roman capitals, and the Shipwreck Museum.
History:
Kyrenia has existed since the 10th century BC. Excavations have revealed Greek traces that date back to the 7th century BC, but the site was developed into a city under Roman rule.
Kyrenia Castle, view from the Old harbour
Research carried out at the site suggests that the Byzantines built the original castle in the 7th Century to guard the city against the new Arab maritime threat. The first historical reference to the castle occurs in 1191, when King Richard the Lionheart of England captured it on his way to the Third Crusade. He did so by defeating Isaac Comnenus, an upstart local governor who had proclaimed himself emperor.
After a short period, Richard sold the island to the Knights Templar, and then to his cousin Guy de Lusignan, the former king of Jerusalem. This began the 300 years of the Frankish Lusignan Kingdom of Cyprus (1192–1489). Initially the castle was quite small. John d'Ibelin enlarged it between 1208 and 1211. The Castle's main function was military and the improvements consisted of a new entrance, square and horseshoe-shaped towers, embrasures for archers, and dungeons.
The castle was subjected to several sieges. A Genoese attack in 1373 almost destroyed the castle, and the longest amongst the sieges, in the 15th century, lasted nearly four years and reduced the unfortunate occupants to eating mice and rats. By 1489 the Venetians had taken control of Cyprus and in 1540 they enlarged the castle, giving it its present-day appearance. The chief changes, such as the addition of thick walls and embrasures for cannons, were adaptations to changes in warfare in the form of gunpowder artillery. The Venetians also installed gun ports at three levels so that they could direct cannon fire against attackers from the land. Inside the castle, they built huge long ramps so as to be able to drag artillery up on the walls. When the work on the castle was finished, its walls also encompassed the small church of St. George, which the Byzantines may have built in the 11th or 12th century.
Kyrenia Castle's courtyard
In 1570, Kyrenia surrendered to the Ottomans. The Ottomans too made changes to the castle, but the British removed these during their occupation. The castle contains the tomb of the Ottoman Admiral Sadik Pasha. The British used the castle as a police barracks and training school. They also used the castle as a prison for members of the Greek Cypriot EOKA organization.
The Kyrenia Department of Antiquities took over custodianship of the castle in 1950, though it reverted to British control during the EOKA turmoil. The Department regained control in 1959 and since 1960 the castle has been open to the public. However, during the period from 1963 to 1967 the Cypriot National Guard used the castle as a military headquarters. Following the Turkish invasion of Cyprus, in 1974 the Girne Department of Antiquities and Museums took over responsibility for the castle's preservation and use. The Department is keeping icons that were collected from churches in the Kyrenia area pre-1974 and has stored them in the castle's locked rooms for safekeeping. Some of these are now on display in the Archangel Michael Church.
Cyprus | Kyrenia Castle | 2019
Kyrenia Castle, at the east end of the old harbor in Kyrenia, is a 16th-century castle built by the Venetians over a previous Crusader fortification. Within its walls lies a twelfth-century chapel showing reused late Roman capitals, and the Shipwreck Museum
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Kyrenia Castle, Northern Cyprus
Kyrenia Castle, at the east end of the old harbour in Kyrenia is a 16th-century castle built by the Venetians over a previous Crusader fortification. Within its walls lies a twelfth-century chapel showing reused late Roman capitals, and the Shipwreck Museum. Research carried out at the site suggests that the Byzantines built the original castle in the 7th Century to guard the city against the new Arab maritime threat. The first historical reference to the castle occurs in 1191, when King Richard the Lionheart of England captured it on his way to the Third Crusade. After a short period, Richard sold the island to the Knights Templar, and then to his cousin Guy de Lusignan, the former king of Jerusalem. Initially the castle was quite small. John d'Ibelin enlarged it between 1208 and 1211. The Castle's main function was military and the improvements consisted of a new entrance, square and horseshoe-shaped towers, embrasures for archers, and dungeons.
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