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How almonds from over 2,000 years ago helped researchers date this iconic shipwreck
By Taylor Nicioli, CNN (CNN) — A lone diver first laid eyes on the ancient Kyrenia shipwreck off the north coast of Cyprus nearly 60 years ago. But when archaeologists attempted to determine the exact timeline of the vessel coming to a rest on the ocean floor, they were left to speculate based on the ship’s cargo. Now, a new study published Wednesday in the journal PLOS One may have a better time estimate of the Kyrenia’s demise — and the revelation came together thanks to newly cleaned wood samples from the ship, as well as clues provided by a twig, an animal bone and a cache of ancient almonds. Local diver Andreas Cariolou first discovered the Kyrenia ship, one of the first major Gr

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