Underwater Archaeological Research off the Coast of the Syrian Arab Republic: History and Modern Research
Journal: Vostok Afro-Aziatskie obshchestva istoriia i sovremennost
Year: 2020

Navigation off the coast of the Syria has about five millennia. There are ancient ports and shipwrecks. Despite the enormous prospects of conducting underwater archaeological research in the water area of Syria systematic marine surveys has not yet been carried out so far. The pioneer such work in this region was the well-known underwater archaeologist O. Frost. In the 60s of the XXth century AD she seriously studied the ancient ports of the coast of Lebanon and Syria. During the study of the Ar