Overview
- A joint Navy–Cephismer–DRASSM team used a deep-rated remote robot from the vessel Jason to capture about 68,000 images and build a 3D model of the Camarat 4 site.
- The robot retrieved three pichets and one plate from a cargo of hundreds of faience pieces, and DRASSM’s Marseille lab is now running chemical tests on them.
- Archaeologists say the ship was a 16th-century merchant likely loaded in Liguria, based on the decoration and style of the ceramics.
- Officials are withholding the exact coordinates to protect the site, which appears intact with no signs of post-wreck looting.
- Researchers plan a November exhibit at the naval museum in Toulon to share early findings, and the wreck will stay on the seabed in line with UNESCO guidance.