In Poseidons Reich XVIII conference ended

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In Kelten R�mer Museum in the Manching (Bavaria, Germany) on Sunday 03/17/2013, eighteenth annual conference of German and foreign underwater archaeologists, in the organization of DEGUWA, has finished. The event was held under the motto Navigare necesse est, est vivere non necesse and the topic were supply of Rome and its provinces, and the logistics of the Roman Empire and its fleet. At the conference were hundreds of guests, and among most numerous German archaeologists, a number of foreign experts from 15 countries attended. Croatia was represented by experts of the International Centre for Underwater Archaeology in Zadar and the Croatian Conservation Institute. The most interesting part of the meeting was the presentation of Roman ships from nearby Oberstimm, represented by experts Dr. Ronald Bockius, Prof. Dr. Christoph Sch�fer and Markus Wittk�pper, who participated in their restoration, study and reconstruction.

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