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Warmest December in Bodrum
The weather is making headlines this 2007 December.
Due to the statistics it’s the warmest December since 20 years in Bodrum,
people enjoy the seaside even with a swim and on weekends the shores are
packed.
In Bitez locals enjoy very much a brunch. This kind of service has become
very popular recently and often its hard to find a seat, most popular among
others is the NEW SEASON restaurant
Ship from Uluburun sinks again
A replica of the oldest known cargo carrier, Uluburun was sunk again at the
same location in the Mediterranean where the wreck of the original was
found. It took one hour to sink.
A model of the sunken Uluburun is on exhibition in Bodrum castle. The ship
sank 3,300 years ago off Antalya and is the oldest cargo carrier known in
history.
The replica, made by Hayrullah Kes, is 14 metres in length and 5 metres wide
and cost 40.000 YTL to make and will now be used as an underwater tourist
attraction.
The wreck was excavated between 1984 and 1994 at Uluburun, near Kas. The
excavation, revealed one of the wealthiest and largest collections of Late
Bronze Age items to be found in the Mediterranean. The shipwreck was lying
on a steep rocky slope at a depth of 44 to 52 metres, with artifacts
scattered down to 61 metres.
The main cargo, possibly belonging to royalty, included about ten tons of
what appeared to be Cypriot copper in the form of 354 flat ingots and about
120 disc shaped ingots. Also on board was a ton of the earliest dated tin
ingots. Dating of a small piece of presumably freshly cut firewood suggests
that the ship sank in 1306 BC or shortly afterwards.
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