3 deep-sea Byzantine shipwrecks off Turkey are redrawing medieval trade routes

3 deep-sea Byzantine shipwrecks off Turkey are redrawing medieval trade routes

Researchers are studying three deep-water shipwrecks off Turkey's southwestern coast to piece together how goods moved through the medieval Mediterranean. Now, in a new study published in the peer-reviewed journal Heritage, these sites offer an unusual window into the region's trade practices. What happened? At the center of the research are three Byzantine-era wrecks near Knidos, an ancient port city on the Datça Peninsula in modern-day Turkey.…