Byzantine gold objects help archaeologists uncover past

A Byzantine-era ship discovered more than a decade ago on the seabed off Croatia’s southern coast was probably carrying a ​high-ranking person and his entourage, judging by the gold jewellery found ‌in the wreckage, according to archaeologists.

Announcing for the first time on Thursday the results of their years-long underwater excavation, they said the shipwreck […] ...