Ancient 2,600-year-old shipwreck is salvaged from seabed in historic find opening up world of long-lost civilisation

A SHIPWRECK from the Iron Age has been recovered from the seabed decades after it was first discovered, offering experts a gateway into an ancient civilisation.

The Mazarrón II is 2,600 years old and has been successfully salvaged from its watery grave off the southeastern coast of Spain by archaeologists.

Spanish National Museum of Underwater ArchaeologyThe 2,600-year-old shipwreck off the coast of Spain was first located in 1994[/caption] A team of divers carefully disassembled...