Showing posts with label archeology. Show all posts
Showing posts with label archeology. Show all posts
Friday, March 3, 2017
Archeology in Mazarron Roman villas
Archeology in Mazarron Roman villas
[by Javier de Blas in Puerto de Mazarron, Spain] I know there are spectacular ruins all around the wide World, but these are the ones that make me escape from the tourist aesthetics of these coasts to evoke moments when the Mediterranean was truly "Mare Nostrum" (our sea).
The villa above must have been built aftere year 200 A.C. and leads me to imagine a Roman family living from its small horchard and its domestic salted factory by the sea. The one below is posterior and is on a more retired hill of the shore, in the present urban center of Puerto de Mazarrón.
Desde la Bañera/Villas romanas
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Wednesday, February 22, 2017
Archeology in Mazarron A 2700 years old ship
Archeology in Mazarron A 2700 years old ship
[by Javier de Blas in Puerto de Mazarron, Spain] This Phoenician ship, "Mazarron 2", ran aground 2700 years ago, 50 meters distant from the beach, in Puerto de Mazarrón. The conditions of the tides caused that it was covered by a mixture of sand and seaweeds that conserved it almost intact with all its cargo on board, until its discovery, 12 years ago. It is the oldest documented ship ever discovered.
The original pieze continues in the water enclosed in a steel safe for protection while studying its best and safest destination.
I went to Cartagena (Spain), to the ARQUA museum to see its replica and I was astonished of its verisimilitude.
Cartagena (Cartago Nova) was an important port since the Phoenician era. When leaving the bus station I could not avoid drawing the Fortress of San Jose, one of the many ruins that can be seen in this three-millennial city.
Desde la Bañera/Mazarrón 2
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Tuesday, February 21, 2017
Archeology in Mazarron Prehistorians Phoenicians and Romans
Archeology in Mazarron Prehistorians Phoenicians and Romans
[by Javier de Blas in Puerto de Mazarron, Spain] Punta de Gabilanes, this small coastal promontory between two beaches where I have been swimming since I was a child, has remains of 4000 years ago, as a support for coastal sailing. It was also used by the Phoenicians as a commercial point and by the Romans as a factory to obtain silver, from ore mined in Mazarron.
Its a shame I can not draw these ruins directly. They have been buried for their protection. At least Im happy to draw the photo of the exhibition panel and then climb a rock in front of the site to imagine what the panorama would be like in those days.
Desde la Bañera/Punta de Gabilanes
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