Fort Saint-Jean at Marseilles
Headquarters of
DRASSM
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Half a century of undersea excavations and research by scientists and technicians of the Ministry of Culture ( Department for Underwater and Undersea Archeological Research, DRASSM), and by specialists from the CNRS give us a better insight into maritime commerce and antique ships. Close to 700 shipwrecks, 600 in the Mediterranean alone, were thus recorded. |
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Volunteers and their crews have played an indispensable role in archeological research into our coastal borders. The majority of these were organized in affiliation with the French Federation for Submarine Studies and Sports (FFESSM). Today, volunteer archeologists are conducting a large portion of the organized excavations and operations. |
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We owe
numerous discoveries to organized diving. For instance, in 1991, the diver
Henri Cosquer found paintings and engravings in a partly submerged
grotto, the entrance of which is located at a depth
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