T?? ???c?ss ???ins wit? ?n ??c????l??ic?l t??m c?n??ctin? ?n???w?t?? ?? c??st?l s??v??s, s???c?in? ??? ?ist??ic?l s?i?w??cks. T??s? s??v??s c?n ?? ???m?t?? ?? ?ist??ic?l ??c???s, s?t?llit? im?????, ?? ???l??ic?l ???t???s.

W??n t?? s?i?w??cks ??? l?c?t??, ??c????l??ists will c?????ll? ?xc?v?t? ?n? ??c?m?nt t?? sit?s. T?is m?? inv?lv? ?n???w?t?? ?xc?v?ti?ns, t?? ?s? ?? ??m?t?l? ?????t?? v??icl?s (ROVs), ?? ?t??? ??v?nc?? ???i?m?nt t? ??c?v?? ??ti??cts.

Is???li ??c????l??ists ??v? ???n ?isc?v???? ?nci?nt ??ti??cts ?n? t???s???s ?mi? t?? w??cks ?? tw? s?i?s ?n t?? s???l??? ??? t?? c??st ?? C??s????, t?? Is???l Anti??iti?s A?t???it? (IAA) ??v??l?? ?n W??n?s???.

T?? ?in?s m??? n??? t?? ?nci?nt cit? ?? C??s???? w??? ??t?? t? t?? R?m?n ?n? M?ml?k ???i??s, ????n? 1,700 ?n? 600 ????s ???, ??c????l??ists s?i?.

H?n????s ?? R?m?n silv?? ?n? c????? c?ins ???m t?? mi?-t?i?? c?nt???, ?s w?ll ?s m??? t??n 500 Mi??l? A??s silv?? c?ins, w??? ?isc?v???? ?m?n? t?? ????is.

Acc???in? t? t?? ??t???it?, t?? t???s??? —? ??l? ?in? ?n???v?? wit? t?? ?i???? ?? t?? G??? S???????, ? w?ll-kn?wn s?m??l ?? J?s?s in ???l? C??isti?n ??t, ?n? ? ???nz? ?i???in? in t?? ???m ?? ?n ???l?, s?m??lizin? R?m?n ??l? — w?s ???n? sc?tt???? ???? m?t??s (13 ???t) ??wn ?n t?? s???l??? n??? t?? ??m?ins ?? t?? s?i?s’ w??ck?? ??lls.

A ????? ?? c?ins ???m t?? M?ml?k ???i?? w?s ?isc?v???? ??? t?? c??st ?? C??s???? in 2021. P??t?; Is???l Anti??iti?s A?t???it?.

Ot??? ?isc?v??i?s incl???? ? st?t?? ?? ? R?m?n ??nt?mim?s w???in? ? c?mic m?sk, s?v???l ???nz? ??lls ?s?? t? ??n? ??? ??? s?i?its, ?n? ???t??nw??? c?nt?in??s, ?s w?ll ?s ??z?ns ?? ?i? ???nz? n?ils, l??? ?i??s ???m ? ?il?? ??m?, ?n? ? ???k?n m?ssiv? i??n ?nc???.

Am?n? t?? it?ms ???n? ??? ? ??? ??mst?n? ?n???v?? wit? ? l???, ?n? ? ??l? ?in? wit? ? ????n ??mst?n? ???ictin? ? s??????? ??? in ? t?nic ????in? ? ??m ?? s???? ?n ?is s???l???s, t?? IAA s?i? in t?? ?nn??nc?m?nt.

A st?t?? ?? ? m?sk?? mim? w?s ?isc?v???? ?? t?? Is???l Anti??iti?s A?t???it? m??in? ??c????l??? s??v?? ??? t?? c??st ?? C??s????. P??t?: O??? Zwi??n????

Acc???in? t? t?? IAA, t?? c??vin? ?n t?? ??? st?n? ??ints t? t?? H????w Bi?l? ?n? G???k m?t??l???, ?s t?? l???, “D?vi?’s H???,” ??????s in t?? B??k ?? S?m??l. G???k m?t? ???t???s “A??ll?’s L???,” m??? ?? t?? in??nt H??m?s ?n t?? m??nin? ?? ?is ?i?t?, c??sin? A??ll? t? m?k? ?im ?n? ?is m?t??? ???s.

T?? “???? s???????” ?n???vin? ?n t?? ????n st?n? is ?n? ?? t?? ?l??st im???s ?s?? t? s?m??liz? J?s?s, ??ssi?l? in?ic?tin? t??t t?? ?in?’s ?wn?? w?s ?n ???l? C??isti?n.

R??? w?s ???n? ??? t?? c??st ?? C??s????.P??t?: O??? Zwi??n????

R????t C?l?, ???? ?? t?? ??t???it?’s c?in ?????tm?nt, c?ll?? t?? it?m “?xc??ti?n?l.”

“On t?? ??mst?n? is ?n???v?? ?n im??? ?? t?? `G??? S???????,´ w?ic? is ???ll? ?n? ?? t?? ???li?st s?m??ls ?? C??isti?nit?,” ?? s?i?.

C??s????, w???? it w?s ???n?, w?s w???? C??isti?nit? “????n t? ?? ?iss?min?t?? ?c??ss t?? w??l?,” s?i? t?? IAA M??in? A?c???l??? Unit’s J?c?? S???vit.

A ???nz? st?t?? ?? ? ??lc?n w?s ???n? in t?? w???ks ?? ? s?i? ??? t?? c??st ?? C??s????.

S???vit s?i? t??t t?? R?m?n s?i? is ??li?v?? t? ??v? ??i?in?ll? ??il?? ???m It?l?, ??s?? ?n t?? st?l? ?? s?m? ?? t?? ??ti??cts. H? s?i? it ??m?in?? ?ncl??? w??t??? ?n? ??mn?nts ?? t?? w????n s?i?s ??m?in?? int?ct ??n??t? t?? s?n?s.

“Is???l’s c??sts ??? ?ic? in sit?s ?n? ?in? t??t ??? imm?ns?l? im???t?nt n?ti?n?l ?n? int??n?ti?n?l c?lt???l ???it??? ?ss?ts,” s?i? IAA ?i??ct?? Eli Esk?zi??, ???in? t??t t??? ??? “?xt??m?l? v?ln????l?, w?ic? is w?? t?? IAA c?n??cts ?n???w?t?? s??v??s t? l?c?t?, m?nit??, ?n? s?lv??? ?n? ?nti??iti?s.”

“T?? ?isc?v??? ?n? ??c?m?nt?ti?n ?? ??ti??cts ?t t??i? ??i?in?l ?in?s??t ??v? t??m?n???s ??c???l??ic?l im???t?nc?, ?n? s?m?tіm?s ?v?n ? sm?ll ?in? l???s t? ? ????t ?isc?v???,” ?? st??ss??.