[WonderMomma]

Crumbling shipwreck reemerges after dam collapses in Ukraine. See the 500-year-old find
July 03, 2023 2:06pm

Once submerged in the riverbed, a centuries-old shipwreck reemerged following the devastating collapse of a dam in a Russia-controlled region of southern Ukraine.

The crumbling boat — and several other ancient artifacts — resurfaced along the shore of Khortytsia, the largest island in the Dnieper River, the Khortytsia National Reserve said in a June 30 Facebook post.

National park employees found the 500-year-old shipwreck while surveying a previously submerged shoreline of Khortytsia, the park said. The boat was about 22 feet long and made of oak.

The boat might be linked to a Russian settlement that existed on the island from the 10th to 14th century, officials said. The settlement relied on boats for fishing, trade and transportation.

Video footage shared by Sky News shows the half-buried boat resting on the riverbed. Several people worked to dig up the boat.

Ancient ceramic pieces, flints and fragments of bombs were also found along the coastline recently, the park said in an Instagram post.

Water levels around Khortytsia have dropped following the destruction of the Kakhovka Dam, park officials said, as the island and nature reserve are upstream from the dam. The southern edge of the island was once part of the Kakhovka reservoir, according to the nature reserve’s website.

[kellyhound]

bet there's way more to discover on the bottom of the dam.

[GODREKR]

What Kelly said.

[William May]

Waiting for a B-17 to show up as the water level drops!