Archaeological diving
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Archaeological diving
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Archaeological diving is a type of scientific diving used as a method of survey and excavation in underwater archaeology. The first known use of the method comes from 1446, when Leon Battista Alberti explored and attempted to lift the ships of Emperor Caligula in Lake Nemi, Italy. Just a few decades later, in 1535, the same site saw the first use of a sophisticated breathing apparatus for archaeological purposes, when Guglielmo de Lorena and Frances de Marchi used an early diving bell to explore
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Method in underwater archaeology
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archaeological_diving
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2024-02-07T09:20:16Z
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