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Posted On: 12/17/2019 12:36:07 PM
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Re: Coat Tail Rider #5421
More from yesterday's article proving Raider 21 has been right all along regarding UNESCO.
I'm sure he'll be getting lots and lots of apologies.
Spain normally seeks only to preserve wrecks, not to recover lost treasure - unless commercial hunters try to raid shipwrecks to take away the gold, silver or other valuables .
Spain works with countries which have ratified the 2001 UNESCO convention on the protection of the underwater cultural heritage.
This ensures these countries do not use the information supplied by Spain to make deals with professional scavengers.
"It may help to save wrecks from the treasure hunters who care nothing about these sites but just want to strip them of the gold or silver," he said.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/12/deep-w...15376.html
I'm sure he'll be getting lots and lots of apologies.
Spain normally seeks only to preserve wrecks, not to recover lost treasure - unless commercial hunters try to raid shipwrecks to take away the gold, silver or other valuables .
Spain works with countries which have ratified the 2001 UNESCO convention on the protection of the underwater cultural heritage.
This ensures these countries do not use the information supplied by Spain to make deals with professional scavengers.
"It may help to save wrecks from the treasure hunters who care nothing about these sites but just want to strip them of the gold or silver," he said.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/12/deep-w...15376.html
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