Dugout probably dating to prehistoric age discovered at Black Sea bottom

[Janna Britton]

Dugout probably dating to prehistoric age discovered at Black Sea bottom
 


29 November 2008 | 10:58 | FOCUS News Agency
 
 
 
Sofia. A dugout probably dating back to the prehistoric age has been discovered the bottom of the Black Sea, National History Museum Director professor Bozhidar Dimitrov told Focus News Agency.
On Friday evening at some 15 miles in the sea, east of Maslen Cape, between the seaside cities of Sozopol and Primorsko, a fishing ship found an enormous dugout, he added.
“You can find nowhere similar dugouts, as well as any type of vessels older than 3 years of age, because water rots the wood away, but in the Black Sea below a certain depth there is dissolved sulphuretted hydrogen, which preserves all organic materials,” Dimitrov said.
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