Ancient Buried Ship Found at Ground Zero Site

AOLNews ^ | 7/15/2010 | AP

[AngieGal]

The ship was buried as junk two centuries ago - landfill to expand a bustling little island of commerce called Manhattan. When it re-emerged this week, surrounded by skyscrapers, it was an instant treasure that popped up from the mud near ground zero.

A 32-foot piece of the vessel was found in soil 20 feet under street level, amid noisy bulldozers excavating a parking garage for the future World Trade Center. Near the site of so many grim finds - Sept. 11 victims' remains, twisted steel - this discovery was as unexpected as it was thrilling.

Historians say the ship, believed to date to the 1700s, was defunct by the time it was used around 1810 to extend the shores of lower Manhattan.

[AngieGal]

Let's rezone ground zero as an historic site and cancel the mosque!

[Atom Smasher]

No mosque!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[shibumi]

GGG ping?

[Windflier]

Headline fail. 200+ years old does not qualify as “ancient”.

Interesting find, though.

[Redbob]

"Headline fail. 200+ years old does not qualify as “ancient”."

This *IS* AOLnews we're talking about, after all.

[Califreak]

YES!!!!!

[dasboot]

My house is older....

[HiTech RedNeck]

ya know, ancient, from the 17th century, like that pesky old constitution that they wish would shuffle off to beulah land?

[HiTech RedNeck]

oops, 1700s, or 18th century

[timetostand]

Ten years since the towers fell and they still haven’t built a new trade center !!!??? still digging in the basement? WTF

[lowbridge]

bump

[Jabba the Nutt]

200 years is not ancient. That takes a couple millenium.

[SunkenCiv]

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