Researchers have discovered the origins of the ship that mysteriously emerged from the ruins of the World Trade Center in 2010
Four years ago this month, construction at the Ground Zero construction site was halted when workers uncovered a massive wooden ship 22 feet below the street's surface. Work was put on hold for weeks while the boat was excavated and taken to the Maryland Archaeological Conservation Laboratory, and later Columbia University's Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory for further analysis.
After analyzing samples from the ship, tree ring scientists at Columbia University concluded that the wood on the vessel originated from a forest of White Oak trees near Philadelphia, which was chopped down around 1773. Read more...
More about History, September 11, Us World, Us, and Archaeology
Comments
Post a Comment