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An underwater archaeologist takes notes on ancient jars found in a shipwreck off Fourni

22 Ancient Shipwrecks Discovered in Greek Waters

Twenty-two shipwrecks have been discovered and mapped in a 17-square-mile area near Greece’s Fournoi archipelago.

An underwater archaeologist takes notes on ancient jars found in a shipwreck off Fourni

23 Additional Shipwrecks Discovered in Greek Waters

Last month, a team of American and Greek divers located 23 shipwrecks in the waters around Fourni, a collection of 13 small islands in the eastern Aegean Sea.

An underwater archaeologist takes notes on ancient jars found in a shipwreck off Fourni

22 ancient shipwrecks discovered near Greek island

Shipwrecks were the stuff of lore around the craggy coasts of Fourni, a Greek archipelago in the eastern Aegean Sea.

An underwater archaeologist takes notes on ancient jars found in a shipwreck off Fourni

Greek archipelago yields abundance of wrecks

Archaeologists find remains of 22 ancient merchant ships whose cargos reveal centuries-old trade routes.