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The Mary Rose
The Mary rose was once the pride of the
British fleet but finished as a object in a
museum. But how? Find out in
chronological order by clicking now.
Or as www.themaryrose.com says: The Mary Rose is the only
16th century warship on display anywhere in the world. Built
between 1509 and 1511, she was one of the first ships able to
fire a broadside, and was a firm favourite of King Henry VIII.
After a long and successful career, she sank accidentally
during an engagement with the French fleet in 1545. Her
rediscovery and raising were seminal events in the history of
nautical archaeology.
The Mary Rose
• The Mary Rose was the
pride of Henry VIII’s Navy
and had for years fought
successfully in many
battles. Apparently she was
sunk by the French but
there is other evidence to
say that she may have
simply been mishandled or
overloaded and it was this
that led to her being under
the sea.
The Salvaging
• The salvaging of the
Mary Rose was only
possible after it was
rediscovered on 1971
and the outline of the
hull was gradually
exposed and surveyed
(this took seven years)
was it possible to dig a
trench allowing
archaeologists to have
a look at it’s interior
Salvaging
• The warship was finally raised on
October 11th, 1982 An estimated 60
million television viewers worldwide
watched her come to the surface in the
first ever live broadcast from
underwater. The initial lifting was
carried out over a period of eight hours
to avoid any suction effect. When the
process of gently detaching the hull
from the silt was complete, a giant
floating crane carefully transferred it
underwater into a purpose-built cradle
positioned on the seabed nearby.
Salvaging
• Once secured to the
cradle the whole
package, weighing 580
tons, was raised and
towed ashore. As soon
as it broke the surface,
the water inside the hull
was pumped out to
reduce the load on the
structure.
Ashore
After the ship was
raised she was towed
into Portsmouth naval
base. She was wrapped
in protective foam and She had been found a new home in
polythene and
No.3 Drydock, (just behind HMS
constantly sprayed to
Victory) and preparatory work
keep her wet.
began by removing the lifting
frame. After that she had to be
lifted up and wheeled onto a
smaller barge, the one she was on
was too large to fit into the dock.
She was moved into the dock on
December 8th 1982.
Conservation begins
• Before they could start
conserving the Mary
Rose they had to build
somewhere for her to
live.
• Then they kept her wet
with a sprinkling system
that used recycled cold
water every five
minutes
Today
The ship today is being
sprayed by a type of wax
which will mean that in
twenty years there will be no
need what so ever for water
any more.
The techniques used to
conserve the iron cannons
were controversial because
they were impossible to
undo. There were other
ways to try and conserve the
cannons but none were
successful
Conclusion
My conclusion is that many
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people put lots of time and
money into what eventually
turned out to be the greatest
marine excavation of all time and
that most of all we must thank
those who helped Alex McKee in
the early stages of the
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excavation.
After so many years of
being denigrated behind
my back as a mad
chaser after wild geese,
it was with great
satisfaction that I saw
the message go off.
The words of Alex
McKee when the
message containing
proof of the Mary Rose
was sent to Portsmouth.
End of Theo’s project
And the start of Diego’s project on Nineveh
Nineveh
Time line of Nineveh
What is nineveh?
Why is it a good and famous
archeological place?
Archeological things about it.
Time Line of Nineveh
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HISTORY
6000 BCE: First settlements of Nineveh.
2nd and 3rd millennia: Nineveh is a religious centre devoted to among other gods Ishtar.
9th century: Large architectural projects start in Nineveh with the initiative of rulers of the
Assyrian Empire.
705: King Sennacherib establishes Nineveh as the new capital of the Assyrian Empire, at the
expense of Dar Sharrukin. Large scale construction work is started, together with the building
of the largest palace of its time, which was 42,000 km² large with at least 80 rooms.
Around 650: Under king Ashurbanipal, a new palace is constructed, together with a large
library.
612: The city is captured and destroyed by the Babylonians, Schytians and Medes. This also
marks the end of the Assyrian Empire.
13th century CE: Nineveh becomes an important city under Atabeg rulers.
16the century: The last settlements of Nineveh are abandoned.
1820: Nineveh is mapped by the British archaeologist Claudius J. Rich.
1845-51: The palace of Sennacherib is discovered.
What is Nineveh?
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City of the ancient Assyrian Empire, and its
capital from 705 to 612 BC. Nineveh was
situated on the east bank of the Tigris near
modern Mosul. The Khawsar River ran
through Nineveh to join the Tigris.
During its relatively short period of being
capital, Nineveh was turned into a beautiful
city of wide boulevards, large squares, parks,
and gardens. At its largest, Nineveh was 700
hectares large, walled with 15 gates. The
walls measured 12 km in circumference. Each
gate was named after an Assyrian god.
Aqueducts and canals lead water from
sources in the hills 50 km away.
Most of Nineveh's period of existence is
mainly prehistoric: a 30 metre long shaft dug
in 1931-32 from the top to virgin soil proved
that only 20% of the debris belonged to the
period of recorded history.
Ancient country in the Middle East, with centre in modern Iraq along the Tigris river. At its height in the 9th
century BC, Assyria covered areas of also modern eastern Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, Palestine, Israel, western
Iran, Kuwait, and Egypt.
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SOCIETY AND ECONOMY
Central to the central region of Assyria was farming, fed by both the Tigris river and water from the Armenian
mountains in the north and the Zagros mountains the east. With the expansion of Assyria more land with other
economies were including, like mining and forestry.
It is believed that the civilization of Assyria came from the immigration of an unknown people into the area
around 6000 BC. This was followed by Semitic immigration about 3 millenniums later.
Life was located to small villages, and there was an intricate system of irrigation that fed the agriculture.
There were few larger cities, and these served as trade and craft centres. Assyria had some slaves, but these
played only a small part of the economy.
The Assyrians were noted for their high knowledge in warfare and organization.
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ADMINISTRATION
Assyria had a traditional form of monarchy, where the king answered only to his court. The king's son would
normally take over as the new ruler at the old king's death. Local administration was organized around local
rulers who paid taxes to the king as well as provide men for the army.
As Assyria extended its territories through military campaigns, local rulers were allowed to continue to govern
their old regions, as long as they fulfilled their duties to the Assyrian king.
Under Sargon 2, Assyria was divided into 70 provinces.
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CULTURE
Among the finest cultural achievements of Assyria was literature, which used at first a cuneiform alphabet from
the Babylonians written on clay tablets. Later an Aramaic script written on parchment came to dominate. The
literature dealt with a number of subjects like legal issues, medicine and history.
Assyrian architecture used mud bricks, and occasionally stone. Houses and buildings never exceeded one
storey and had flat roofs. While most houses were modest, palaces and temples could cover large areas inside
the cities.
Sculptures and wall carvings were another central part of Assyrian culture, and showed high skills in the
crafts. Document cylinder seals became an art form by itself, as intricate patterns and shapes were given t
these.
Taken from: http://icias.com/e.o/assyria.htm