#sunken treasures

[suikamelon6]

"It had begun with a treasure find in the waters off Jamaica... Within days a sunken Spanish galleon loaded with bullions and jewels had been discovered... Two more sunken ships were pinpointed in rapid succession" - Queen of the Damned

[tangledinink]

Before he became swannie, donnie recorded everything, so if they get his goggles they could see what happened to him

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[blueiscoool]

Sunken Temples of Aphrodite and Amun Found off Egyptian Coast

New discoveries off Egyptian coast reveal ‘treasures and secrets

New “treasures and secrets” have been revealed at the site of a sunken temple off Egypt’s Mediterranean coast, the European Institute for Underwater Archaeology (IEASM) announced in a news release Tuesday.

An underwater archaeological team, led by French marine archaeologist Franck Goddio, has made further discoveries at the site of a temple to god Amun in the ancient port city of Thonis-Heracleion in the Bay of Aboukir, the institute said.

The team investigated the city’s south canal, where huge blocks of stone from the ancient temple collapsed “during a cataclysmic event dated to the mid-second century BC,” the institute said.

The temple to god Amun was where pharaohs came “to receive the titles of their power as universal kings from the supreme god of the ancient Egyptian pantheon,” it said.

“Precious objects belonging to the temple treasury have been unearthed, such as silver ritual instruments, gold jewelry and fragile alabaster containers for perfumes or unguents,” IEASM said. “They bear witness to the wealth of this sanctuary and the piety of the former inhabitants of the port city.”

The archaeological excavations, conducted jointly by Goddio’s team and the Department of Underwater Archaeology of the Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities of Egypt, revealed underground structures “supported by very well-preserved wooden posts and beams dating from the 5th century BC,” the institute said.

“It is extremely moving to discover such delicate objects, which survived intact despite the violence and magnitude of the cataclysm,” said Goddio, who is president of IEASM and director of excavations.

The discoveries were made possible thanks to the development and use of new geophysical prospecting technologies that can detect cavities and objects “buried under layers of clay several meters thick,” the institute said.

Relics from Greek presence, too

East of the Amun temple, a Greek sanctuary devoted to Aphrodite was discovered containing bronze and ceramic objects.

“This illustrates that Greeks who were allowed to trade and settle in the city during the time of the Pharaohs of the Saïte dynasty (664 - 525 BC) had their sanctuaries to their own gods,” the institute said.

The discoveries of Greek weapons also reveal the presence of Greek mercenaries in the area, IEASM said. “They were defending the access to the Kingdom at the mouth of the Canopic Branch of the Nile. This branch was the largest and the best navigable one in antiquity.”

The remains of Thonis-Heracleion are now located under the sea, 7 kilometers (4.3 miles) from the present coast of Egypt, IEASM said. The city was for centuries Egypt’s largest port on the Mediterranean before the founding of Alexandria by Alexander the Great in 331 BC.

“Rising sea levels and earthquakes followed by tidal waves triggering land liquefaction events, caused a 110 square kilometer portion of the Nile delta to totally disappear under the sea, taking with it the city of Thonis-Heracleion,” the institute said.

The city was discovered by the IEASM in 2000.

By Radina Gigova.

[legendaryskyscale]

Me having over 200 Ornate Keys just from keyfarming on new toons in the past, tossing them in the bank, and telling myself "I'll do these later"

Later is now the Sunken Treasure bonus week "It's time"

[allwillbecomeclear]

𝑵𝒆𝒘 𝒅𝒊𝒔𝒄𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒔 𝒐𝒇𝒇 𝑬𝒈𝒚𝒑𝒕𝒊𝒂𝒏 𝒄𝒐𝒂𝒔𝒕 𝒓𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒂𝒍 ‘𝒕𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒖𝒓𝒆𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒆𝒄𝒓𝒆𝒕𝒔'

[th3d0nutl0rd]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY SHANGHAI POTC.

Special interest fact of the day: Shanghai pirates was the last/most recent potc ride to open up in 2016, it focuses on the movies and has a Davy Jones animatronic, unlike the other rides, where they are all iterations of the original one in California.

It has one drop unlike the original ride and the one in Paris, and uses computer generated digital effects unlike the others! When the ride was first built, this technology had not been seen or used on any previous versions of the ride! It's also magnetic powered! Very cool.

It lasts 8 minutes, placing it right between Magic Kingdom (8m30s) and Tokyo (9m30s) in terms of duration.

However it's very hard to access ride statistics like the amount of animatronics which makes me mildly upset :( I think there is somewhere between 2-3 animatronics that aren't projections or audio, two of which are Jack Sparrow and Davy Jones

Happy Birthday Shanghai POTC!

[art-by-moosie]

Emil....is finally done! This is definitely my biggest digital piece to date--not even the Sons of Durin funeral took as long, nor did it put me through this much mental agony. So much coral, man 💀

Anyway.

Here are two versions: One with light beams and one without. The crown Emil's holding is the crown of King George I, who was king during part of the time that Emil was piratin' it up.

How she got the crown, I don't know. This is Emil we're talking about, after all.

Also, I'm not sure why, but this is a lot brighter and more saturated on my ipad than it is on my computer screen, but oh well.

Art tag: @ilovedainironfoot

Please let me know if you'd like to join the tag list for my art, whether it's for a specific fandom or just in general!

[julfr]

Drew some sunken treasures from sea of thieves because they’re very pretty to look at in game

I originally posted this on Reddit some time ago and now I remembered I have a Tumblr so I might as well post my stuff here too.

[gristlegrinder]

i need to be doing art but i am instead digging through my old ttrpg campaign server thats on permanent hiatus rereading our pbp threads. i miss my terrible demons (and their vampire boyfriend) so much

[veryslowreader]

Diving for Sunken Treasure by Jacques Cousteau

Rushmore

[clover-klees]

[damailbox]

Disney Adventures, January 1994

[silks-up-my-sleeve]

Thinking about this suit again...

[impulsea]

Certain TLM pieces that are speaking to me atm and why!

It’s so rare for me to see something that reminds me of the energy Ariel and Eric had in the first movie, view them in a manner that feels canonical...but this very much does! The art is literally lifted directly from their model sheet but I love the coloring so much and the natural hue choice for Ariel’s hair. They really would spend their days exploring the beach, with Scuttle overhead and Max following closely afoot, just as Eric did the day he say Ariel washed up as a human for the first time! 

I’m a sucker for any time Ariel’s on the rocks and this is no exception! I think the fact that her fin is partly submerged is really doing it for me too, and the wind in her hair. Iconic pose 10/10

The frothy waves feel so real and the 3d interpretation, though not the best with the face molds, still gives me so many sensations...I can feel the damp fabric clinging to Eric’s calves, the heat of the rock’s surface from the sun that Ariel’s placing her hand on, Flounder twirling upon the foam, Sebastian jumping up from the mysterious depths to strike a pose! 

I’m a sucker for Spot merch and I just love how you can literally feel your stomach raise and lift from the way in which Ariel is trailing behind on Spot’s back!

[tarripup]

Sunken Treasure

I found treasure in mermaid mode. Not sure if there is anywhere underwater I can spend it.

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[sohannabarberaesque]

So just picture this with the Three Wolves:

Our lupine divers, as in Loopy De Loop, Hokey Wolf and Mildew Wolf, are doing some treasure-type diving off Florida and take stock of some treasure chests with assorted hoards of gold coin and buillon whose side looks about to burst and split open, spilling the treasure hoard unto the ocean floor after centuries thus submerged.

And the obvious mermaids supposedly guarding this treasure hoard are likely either asleep on the job or otherwise in ritual love with dolphins, thereby creating a vacuum which the lupine divers quickly exploit to the point of making a modest haul.