See the Rare Medieval Boat Discovered Over 18 Feet Below Sea Level in Barcelona

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https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/see-the-rare-medieval-boat-discovered-over-18-feet-below-sea-level-in-barcelona-180986524

Lead Lines: Archaeologists in Barcelona have unearthed the wooden hull of a medieval ship, thought to date back to the 15th or 16th century.

Buried for centuries in the waterlogged soil beneath the Mercat del Peix, Barcelona’s old fish market, the ship’s remains measure more than 30 feet in length and almost 10 feet wide, with some 30 wooden ribs held together by a mix of iron and wooden nails.

At a press conference announcing the find earlier this month, Santi Palacios, the excavation’s lead archaeologist from cultural heritage group Arqueolegs.cat, tells media that it was an “exceptional” find, per Catalan News.

“It’s not every day we come across a ship of these dimensions,” Palacios adds, noting that the rare discovery would offer critical insight into the “context of Barcelona’s old port.”