British divers to measure rise of the Mediterranean

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Title: British divers to measure rise of the Mediterranean
Creator: UNESCO
Language: English
Year: 1961
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Fulltext: teams from various countries, so that the burden may be shared. The Egyptian Anti quities Service has given an example of speed and efficien cy by being the first to .move three monuments to safety. This news will give comfort and encouragement to the many who, in all parts of the world, follow Unesco’s cam paign on behalf of the Nubian art treasures with interest and anxiety, earnestly hoping for its successful completion. (UNESCO) British Divers to Measure Rise of the Mediterranean A team of eleven divers, who are also archaeologists, geologists, anthropologists and zoologists, left England re cently to explore underwater sites around the coasts of the Mediterranean. Members of the Cambridge University Underwater Exploration Group, they will attempt to trace changes in the sea le vel which have occurred since the beginning of the Ice Age, about a million years ago. * The expedition will visit the Balearic Islands, the Costa Brava in Spain, the French and Italian Riviera, Elba, Naples, Stromboli, Syracuse. Carthage and Algeria. They will explore numerous subma rine caves in search of evi dence of human habitation and also some twenty sub merged Roman and Phoeni cian cities. The team has taken along all kinds of scientific equip ment, including a portable de compression chamber, a zoo logical laboratory, echometers for charting the caves, inter communication radio sets for use by the divers and under water scooters. ‘The expedition includes se veral cameramen who hope to make a series of document ary films for television. Un derwater floodlighting will be used for shots in the caves. (UNESCO) 82 Panorama