number
N1
Location
Fig Tree Bay Peninsula, Protaras, Municipality of Paralimni, Famagusta District
Underwater Shipwreck
Historical period
Post-Ancient, 18th Century (Ottoman Period)
Cultures
Ottoman
Site / Monument Type
Underwater shipwreck
The Nissia shipwreck, dating to the Ottoman period, lies 28 meters below sea level off the coast of Famagusta. It is the only known shipwreck of its kind in Cyprus and one of the few being excavated in the Eastern Mediterranean.
Discovered by divers in the 1980s and officially reported in 1992, the site suffered deterioration and looting due to unregulated recreational diving.
Initial excavations began in 2014 by MARELab, including the recovery of a cannon that is now undergoing conservation in Larnaca.
Image Credits:
Most of the photos are courtesy of the Maritime Archaeological Research Laboratory, University of Cyprus (Andreas Kazamias and Anna Demetriou).
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