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46 J. Mar. L. & Com. 83 (2015)
Grave Robbers or Archaeologists: Salvaging Shipwrecks

handle is hein.journals/jmlc46 and id is 85 raw text is: Journal of Maritime Law & Commerce, Vol. 46, No. 1, January, 2015 Grave Robbers or Archaeologists? Salvaging Shipwrecks Renee Elisabeth Torpy* I INTRODUCTION In the ancient world, land travel was difficult and slow.' Therefore, water was used to move almost everything of value.2 It is known that ancient Egyptians went to sea.' Since ships have sailed, there have been wrecks and ships have sunk. There is no way to calculate how many lives have been lost or how many seafarers found rest in underwater graves. The deep ocean is the largest museum on Earth, said Dr. Robert Ballard of The University of Rhode Island's Institute for Archaeological Oceanography.' Dr. Ballard went on to explain that he thinks there's more history in the deep sea than all the museums in the world combined.' To maritime archaeologists, a shipwreck is a time capsule.6 There have been estimates that there are over 3 million undiscovered wrecks.7 *Renee Torpy attended the University of Central Florida and continued her education at Barry Law School where she earned her juris doctorate and a high honor certificate in trial advocacy. Currently she is working at the Eighteenth Judicial Circuit Office of the Public Defender providing legal services to indigent defendants charged with misdemeanor crimes. 'Mark Wolverton, Secrets from the Seabed, (Spring 2007), http://www.sas.upenn.edulsasalum/ newsltr/spring07/seabed.pdf [Id. 'Cheryl Ward, Building Pharaoh's Ships: Cedar Incense and Sailing the Great Green, The British Museum, (2012) http://www.britishmuseum.org/PDF/Ward.pdf 'Dan Vergano, Titanic Explorer: Ancient Shipwrecks Lost to Trawlers, USA TODAY (Sept. 13, 2012, 1:26 PM), http://usatoday30.usatoday.cominews/world/story/2012/09/13/ballard-team-discovers- ancient-black-sea-shipwreck-destroyed-by-trawlers/57768352/1 'Part Three, Deep Sea Archeology, Public Broadcasting Service, http://www.pbs.org/saf/1207/ segments/1207-3.htm (last visited Apr. 6, 2013). 'Wolverton, supra note 1. 'UNESCOPRESS, UNESCO Urges the Americas to Join the Underwater Heritage Convention, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, (June, 12, 2002, 10:00PM), http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URLID=3304&URLDO=DOTOPIC&URLSECTION=201.html 83

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