The society of
the friends of the
Dimitris
Kourkoumelis talked about the results of the underwater excavation during the
last year (June-July 2012).
First, he
referred to the ship “Mentor ”
which is under the water. He described it as a brigantine, the way it was
built, that it was in the port
of Piraeus
Dimitris said
the story under which conditions the shipwreck took place, the two years time
for the refloating, the personal items of the crew as well as the previous
efforts of underwater excavations in the shipwreck. (the first one in 1875, the
second in 1976, in 1980, in 1984 etc)
Finally,
Dimitris thanking the organizers of the event to be successful (the Society of
the Friends of the National Archaeological Museum), he mentioned of the good
team of the summer and of course the great supporters, the “Stavros Niarchos
Foundation”, the Kytherian Research Group and of course the people who attended
the lecture.
