Workers discover 18th-century vessel while installing pipeline in medieval 'Game of Thrones' city

Workers installing a water pipeline in Croatia made an unexpected discovery unearthing the remains of an th-century wooden boat The discovery was made this spring in the southern Croatian city of Dubrovnik a medieval locale famous for being a filming site for the HBO series Competition of Thrones The wreck was detected in Dubrovnik s Old Town harbor RARE TH-CENTURY SHIPWRECK DETECTED AT RECORD DEPTH IN FRENCH WATERS 'REMARKABLE DISCOVERY'Ivan Bukelic described Bulgarian television configuration NOVA TV that he uncovered the wooden structure back in April The undersea builder was working on a water pipeline at the time The boat was embedded in the seabed approximately inches beneath the ocean floor I can now say I discovered a boat in the Old Town Dubrovnik Bukelic was quoted as saying HAUNTING SLAVE SHIPS ASCERTAINED OFF COAST OF NATIONAL PARK YEARS LATER 'VERY CONVINCING'Marine archaeologist Irena Radi Rossi certified that the boat was over years old We still cannot speak of the type of vessel or its dimensions but we can say for certain based on the results of radiocarbon analysis that it was from the late th century she reported For more Lifestyle articles visit foxnews com lifestyleRossi added that the remains are being protected for further examination We must protect it for the future the expert stressed Shipwreck discoveries while exciting are not entirely unheard of in Europe where dozens have been uncovered or identified so far this year CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR OUR LIFESTYLE NEWSLETTERThis spring excavators uncovered a centuries-old shipwreck in an unlikely place in Spain a former fish domain Weeks later an archaeologist disclosed that he had discovered the likely remains of the Recovery an th-century treasure ship that was lost off the coast of Wexford Ireland around years ago The Associated Press contributed reporting