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Shipwreck artifacts, Mahdia wreck (Tunisia) - 1954

Major collection: Science & Technology
Named collection: Harold E. Edgerton Collection
Object type: color slide
Maker: Edgerton, Harold Eugene
Place made: United States
Date made: 1954
Materials: 35mm film; cardboard in plastic sheath]
Site location: Mahdia, Tunisia
Measurements: 2" x 2"

Display of artifacts from the ancient Roman shipwreck at Mahdia, Tunisia, including fragments of blackened hull timber, large bronze hull nails, oil lamps, fish-hooks, etc. (CC)


HEE-SC-00290

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thumbnail Edgerton, Harold Eugene
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