The reason why places like the Shipwreck Cemetery are famous and dangerous is that whenever there is a storm at sea, sailboats passing through the nearby waters will be blown in by strong winds, causing the ship to be destroyed and people to die.
As time goes by, more and more ships have sunk. Isn’t it a shipwreck graveyard?
There are many such places on the vast ocean. For example, the "Shipwreck Cemetery" in Greece 2,000 years ago has been found.
At that time, many good things were found in it, such as large amphorae filled with oil and wine.
These are truly aged wines, they have been preserved on the seabed for at least two thousand years.
That's not in the ocean, but in the Aegean Sea.
Since ancient Greece, the Aegean Sea has been a distribution area for maritime trade.
Ships of all sizes depart from here to the Mediterranean, Atlantic, Black Sea and other waters.
The blue waters of the Aegean Sea have witnessed countless thrilling sea adventures.
Some people returned in triumph, while others sank to the bottom of the sea.
Recently, Greek underwater archaeologists discovered a submarine "shipwreck graveyard" after 57 dives and 92 hours of undersea work.
This "shipwreck graveyard" is the waters near the Greek island of Levisa.
So far, divers have found five relatively complete shipwrecks here, which are about 2,000 years old.
In addition, there is an 800-pound ship anchor made of granite around the 6th century BC.
Such a huge anchor rod can only appear on large ships.
Considering the age of the anchor, people have speculated about the size of the ship that the owner of the anchor is.
All the ships in the Shipwreck Cemetery are fully loaded with cargo, especially the largest number of large amphora.
These bottles usually contain expensive liquids such as wine and oil.
Merchants carried these goods to and from islands such as Nidos, Kos, Rhodes, and many cities in Phoenicia and Carthage.
There are far more than these five shipwrecks found here, and there are many other sunken shipwrecks.
All shipwrecks date from the 3rd century BC to the 2nd century AD.
Obviously, this was a dangerous sea back then.
According to the Greek Ministry of Culture and Sports, maritime trade in the Aegean Sea became prosperous around the 3rd century BC.
At that time, the Ptolemaic dynasty and the Hellenistic Antigonid dynasty controlled this water area.
The peak of Aegean trade lasted until the Ottoman Empire.
So why did so many ships sink here?
This point, due to historical changes, is still unknown to modern archaeologists.
Weather, pirates, etc. are all factors that need to be considered.
The local archaeological department plans to expand the scope of investigation and salvage to try to find out the real cause.
And once it is found, based on the situation here, can we still find other similar places above the ocean?
Chen Wenzhe is also very interested in this point, because no matter who he is, as long as he studies and understands this point, he is very likely to work hard to get rich, and directly become a wealthy country.
There are countless treasures in the ocean, and the reasons for their formation are various.
In fact, situations like this in the Aegean Sea are considered the most normal phenomenon in the ocean.
This is most likely caused by the natural environment, but there are also special circumstances.
For example, man-made ones, such as those shipwrecks discovered by Chen Wenzhe before, are caused by human factors.
However, there was no large-scale shipwreck cemetery that time.
However, there are still many such cemeteries in the ocean.
For example, the world's largest ship cemetery, Truk Lagoon, is known as the Ghost Shipwreck Area.
This place is located in the South Pacific, southeast of the Micronesian Islands in Oceania, and was once a German overseas colony.
After World War I, Germany was defeated and the colonies were handed over to the victorious powers.
At that time, Neon used the pretense of declaring war against Germany, and the German colonies in the Pacific were arranged to be given to them as mandates.
These include the Northern Mariana Islands, Palau, Marshall Islands, and Micronesia in the South China Sea.
Truk in the Micronesian Islands became Neon's main naval base in the South Pacific.
Until the outbreak of the Pacific War in World War II, the Japanese army operated here for 30 years.
They forced a large number of colonial laborers to build bases, which shows their ambition.
During the Pacific War of World War II, a large number of neon warships and aircraft were deployed here.
By 1944, the Ugly Army had taken the initiative in the Pacific battlefield.
The Japanese army was gradually losing control of the sea and air.
In February, the Allied Navy, led by the U.S. Navy, launched a military operation code-named "Hail".
This operation was simply a "replica of Pearl Harbor."
On February 17, the Ugly Army launched an attack on the Neon Truk Naval Base.
For nearly three days, U.S. military warships and aircraft carrier-based aircraft bombed more than 60 Japanese warships and facilities in the Truk Lagoon in Micronesia.
In the base, more than 250 Japanese aircraft were also completely destroyed by the ugly troops.
According to statistics, more than 50 neon warships sank in the 56-kilometer-wide Truk Lagoon, making it the world's largest ship cemetery.
Post-war statistics show that more than 3,000 naval personnel were killed in this battle, and many sank to the bottom of the sea with the warships, which also added a sense of terror to the ship cemetery.
In 1975, the Neon government sent divers into the area and collected the remains of some fallen soldiers.
But this was a very difficult task, and the salvage operation was subsequently delayed, and most of them are still scattered on the seabed. Many Japanese soldiers' relatives still feel resentful.
This place has been rated as "one of the most terrifying areas in the world" by the media in many countries, and is also called the "Truk Ghost Shipwreck Area" by Explorers.
Here, the shipwreck has long been integrated with the underwater environment, and it has become a habitat for a large number of corals and fish.
However, the seemingly calm seabed is full of dangers. Many divers have explored here, but they have not been able to come back up.
According to research, the wreckage of more than 50 World War II battleships sank at the bottom of Truk Lagoon, with a total tonnage of 200,000 tons.
Many sunken ships are loaded with military supplies, such as tanks, bulldozers, cars, three-wheeled motorcycles, and some weapons and ammunition.
Others include radios, photos, tableware and other daily necessities.
The important point here is that back then, the little devils committed all kinds of evil all over the world. No matter where they went, they tried to scrape as much ground as possible.
And even if not much gold and jewelry were found, the daily necessities on these ships are still very valuable, especially the personal belongings of some officers.
Therefore, even though it is scary here, a large number of treasure hunters risk their lives every year to hunt for treasures in the water.