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Archaeologists Discovered a Lost Underwater Graveyard in a Tiny Stretch of Sea

The collection of shipwrecks includes Roman cargo ships, stealthy Spanish gunboats, WWII relics, and one very important box of combs.

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Spanish archaeologists have identified 134 shipwreck remains dating back centuries along the coastal stretch between the Bay of Algeciras and the Rock of Gibraltar, the Strait that separates Europe from Africa. Altogether, the archaeologists found 151 separate archaeological sites containing shipwrecks ranging from ancient Punic vessels to World War II-era military technology, according to research published on ResearchGate.

The Rock of Gibraltar is one of the more pivotal stretches of ocean. It’s always served as a chokepoint that ships from, say, England or Lisbon had to travel if they had business or some light conquering to do in the Mediterranean or Middle East. Ships hauling........

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