The underwater military drone accidentally stumbled on the deepest ship wreck that has ever found France: “As if time frozen”

Archaeologists have accidentally discovered what they say there are remains of 16th -century merchant ship, which is more than 1.5 miles under water at southern France, which is the deepest such find in the Mediterranean or other French waters.

Archaeologists believe the ship was sailing from northern Italy, loaded with ceramics and metal bars before it sank.

Despite the slightly modern waste of the immersed cargo of 8,422 feet below sea level, the researchers were excited about the potential of archaeological sites, which mainly retained intact.

“This is the deepest shipwreck ever found in French territorial waters,” said Arnaud Schaumse, head of the Underwater Archeology Department of the Ministry of Culture at the end of Wednesday.

French Underwater and Underwater Archaeological Research Department Social media released ship wreck imagesSaying the ship was discovered “during a military operation to explore the seabed”.

The underwater drone stumbled on a sunken ship accidentally in early March in the waters near Saint-Tropez, southeast France, said the deputy of the sea prefect Thierry de la Burghade.

“Sonar discovered something pretty big, so we went back with the device camera, then again with an underwater robot to put on high quality images,” he said.

The drone patrolled the bottom of the sea as part of a government project to explore and monitor French deep -water resources, from minerals to deep -water Internet cables.

Archaeologist Marine Sadania said experts discovered 200 mugs with compressed sleeps between wrecks in the place they called “Camarat 4.”

Some of these mugs were marked with a monogram “HIS”, the first three letters of Jesus’ name or covered with plant -inspired or geometric patterns.

These details seem to point to the mugs served from the Liguria region, which is now in northern Italy, she said.

“Camarat 4 is a remarkable discovery for its depth, an unprecedented article, and the opportunity it offers to explore the almost intact of the 16th -century wreck,” said the French Underwater and Underwater Archaeological Research Department.

“As if time froze”

Experts also identified about 100 yellow plates, two boilers, anchors and six cannon piles.

Modern waste, such as soda cans or empty yogurt container, was also noticed. One of the officials released It seems like showing aluminum cans next to the anchor.

But despite this, “the site – due to its depth, which has prevented him from recovering or looting, has remained intact, as if it is time to freeze what is extraordinary,” Sadania said.

Over the next two years, she and colleagues are planning to compile the 3D digital version of the vessel, as well as samples from pulling out the site to better explore them before returning them to the public domain.

According to the Ministry of Defense responsible for the exploration of the deep sea, researchers can remove the item from the ship’s wreck by conducting a submarine robot with pincing or weapons using a long cable that connects the device to the surface.

Officials said further analysis would be carried out by ceramic experts, archaeologists and specialists of the Navy architecture.

The deepest French authorities had so far found a sunken container of 2.3 kilometers below sea level at the South Town in 2019.

Wreckers belonged MinervaThe French submarine, which came to death with a 52 navy crew in 1968, only four minutes after the start of the regular task.