How scientists keep ancient shipwrecks from crumbling into dust ...Middle East

Without proper help, the most wondrous shipwrecks can turn into a pile of dust. (Giuseppe Murabito Unsplash/)From underwater, a centuries-old shipwreck can almost look brand new. When conditions are just right, wood can stay undeterred, escaping the usual fate of being eaten by hungry sea creatures or bacteria. And unlike other artifacts that must be dug up in graves or hidden under years of dirt and dust, this ship went down exactly as is, a perfect scene detailing what ordinary folks, explorers, and merchants of ages past were carrying with them on their voyages to new worlds.“A lot of people refer to them as time capsules,” says John Bratten, a professor of anthropology at the University

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