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    Black Sea shipwrecks shed light on early empires

    A maritime history museum at the bottom of the Black Sea… Some 40 shipwrecks have been discovered in the depths of the Black Sea off the coast of Bulgaria. They've been photographed by robots using high-resolution techniques. William Broad, Pulitzer-Prize winning science reporter with the New York Times , says archeologists couldn't…

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    By Warren Olney • Nov 21, 2016 • 9m Listen

    A maritime history museum at the bottom of the Black Sea…

    Some 40 shipwrecks have been discovered in the depths of the Black Sea off the coast of Bulgaria. They've been photographed by robots using high-resolution techniques. William Broad, Pulitzer-Prize winning science reporter with the New York Times, says archeologists couldn't believe their eyes.

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      Warren Olney

      former KCRW broadcaster

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      Paul von Zielbauer

      Co-founder of Geezer magazine, former producer for To the Point and Which Way LA?; former reporter for the New York Times

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      Director of Content, News

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      William Broad

      New York Times

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