(ANSAmed) - NAPLES, APRIL 2 - The president of an
organization that promotes scientific research, the Como-based
Proteus-Lab, has proposed to broadcast in schools underwater
archaeology expeditions to promote maritime archaeology. The
president, Paola Iotti, has launched the idea of a network of
Italian schools where live videos of the expeditions could be
screened so students could ''admire through direct
participation'' the search for findings. ''Italy is rich in
underwater sites along most of its coast, especially in the
south''.
The idea is to show Italy's underwater heritage by making students interact with maritime archaeologists, a proposal that Salvo Barrano, president of the National Association of Italian Archaeologists, has welcomed. Barrano said archaeologists can explain their findings, like Alessandro Fichera who spoke about ''his magnificent excavation at the Basilica of the Nativity in Bethlehem'' during the Mediterranean Bourse of Archaeological Tourism in Paestum. ''More can be done for maritime archaeology'', he also said. ''It has a long tradition but it is done a bit here and there and this is a pity because all areas along the coast are very rich with findings. Sicily's maritime superintendency is a role model'', which should be replicated and extended across Italy, he added.
Sicily's maritime superintendency was established in 2003 by archaeologist Sebastiano Tusa, who recently died in a plane crash in Ethiopia. (ANSAmed).
The idea is to show Italy's underwater heritage by making students interact with maritime archaeologists, a proposal that Salvo Barrano, president of the National Association of Italian Archaeologists, has welcomed. Barrano said archaeologists can explain their findings, like Alessandro Fichera who spoke about ''his magnificent excavation at the Basilica of the Nativity in Bethlehem'' during the Mediterranean Bourse of Archaeological Tourism in Paestum. ''More can be done for maritime archaeology'', he also said. ''It has a long tradition but it is done a bit here and there and this is a pity because all areas along the coast are very rich with findings. Sicily's maritime superintendency is a role model'', which should be replicated and extended across Italy, he added.
Sicily's maritime superintendency was established in 2003 by archaeologist Sebastiano Tusa, who recently died in a plane crash in Ethiopia. (ANSAmed).
