Vitrine Extra #5: Raise The Anchor!: Shipwrecks in antiquity and protection of cultural artefacts today
The special presentation Vitrine EXTRA, which presents at regular intervals different ancient objects temporarily in the permanent exhibition of the Collection of Greek and Roman Antiquities at the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna, takes visitors in its fifth edition to the bottom of the sea, to the finds of a Roman shipwreck and the critical question of cultural property protection today.
In antiquity a great deal of trade was transported via sea routes. The bays of the Balearic Islands in Spain, in particular the island of Cabrera, offer favourable natural harbours. Since these are oriented to the north, they were in part difficult to reach for ships coming from the east, also due to dangerous currents in front of the island. Numerous wrecks document the importance 鈥� yet also the dangers 鈥� of sea travel in this region. Around the island of Cabrera alone, until today 14 shipwreck sites from the Phoenician period (after the 9th cent. BCE), the Roman period, as well as the modern era are known.
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The special presentation Vitrine EXTRA, which presents at regular intervals different ancient objects temporarily in the permanent exhibition of the Collection of Greek and Roman Antiquities at the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna, takes visitors in its fifth edition to the bottom of the sea, to the finds of a Roman shipwreck and the critical question of cultural property protection today.
In antiquity a great deal of trade was transported via sea routes. The bays of the Balearic Islands in Spain, in particular the island of Cabrera, offer favourable natural harbours. Since these are oriented to the north, they were in part difficult to reach for ships coming from the east, also due to dangerous currents in front of the island. Numerous wrecks document the importance 鈥� yet also the dangers 鈥� of sea travel in this region. Around the island of Cabrera alone, until today 14 shipwreck sites from the Phoenician period (after the 9th cent. BCE), the Roman period, as well as the modern era are known.
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