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Archeologists Revisit 14th-Century Cannon |
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IMAC News |
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Sep 25, 07 - 3:09 PM |
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http://www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/7008627245 |
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Providence, RI (AHN) - Could an ancient English cannon found buried underwater be a clue to the existence of the so-called Lost Colony of the 1580s?
That's just one of the questions being asked by an underwater archaeologist reexamining a cannon found 24 years ago near Virginia's coast.
Also a maritime history professor at the University of Rhode Island, Rod Mather, told the AP he believes the 300-pound cannon, known as a "falcon" could be a remnant from when 117 English settlers mysterious left what is now North Carolina's Roanoke Island.
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