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Underwater World
 Turkey
is surrounded on three sides by the sea, and from the earliest
times important trade routes have skirted its shores, with
many of its coastal cities serving as ports of call.
The Phoenicians penetrated to every corner of the Mediterranean,
while in Roman times ships laden with Egyptian wheat and
Anatolian wine followed the coasts of Asia Minor on their
way to Rome. This was the time when Asia Minor was being
plundered of its artistic treasures, and some of the ships
carrying these sank off these shores together with their
priceless cargo.
Turkish waters conceal wrecks dating from every period
from ancient Syrian times up to the 19th century, but most
of those that lie at a depth of less than 40 metres have
already been looted and form the source of the amphorae
that decorate various hotels and restaurants, while those
that lie a little deeper are in immediate danger. It is
for that reason that we have not divulged the exact position
of the wrecks that still await investigation.
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