2,300-year-old wine ship found under Cyprus sands

The sand-buried hull of a 2,300 year-old cargo ship thought to have been ferrying wine from the Aegean island of Chios when it sank off Cyprus is to be excavated.

The vessel, dating from the mid-fourth century BC is one of only a few such ships to have been found so well-preserved, said University of Cyprus marine archaeologist Stella Demesticha.