Τhe Shipwreck (Navagio) of Zakynthos: Decay & Preservation. A First Approach Volume 1 - Issue 5

MV Rodkin*

• ¹Department of Archaeology, University of Leiden, The Netherlands
• ²Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology “Demokritos” National Center for Scientific Research, Greece
• ³Department of Environment Division: Conservation of Antiquities & Works of Art, Ionian University, Greece
• ⁴Lab of Archaeometry, Department of Mediterranean Studies, University of the Aegean, Greece

Received: February 18, 2020   Published: March 05, 2020

Corresponding author: Adamantia Panagopoulou, Department of Archaeology, University of Leiden, The Netherlands and Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology “Demokritos” National Center for Scientific Research, Athens, Greece

 

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Abstract

The Shipwreck (Navagio) is the most important touristic attraction of Zakynthos island in Greece and its fame radius is expanding on a global scale. It is a 20th century ship that in 1982 stray to a particularly inaccessible beach in the northwestern part of Zakynthos island. The particular sight is ranked every year very high on the lists of the most widespread destinations on a global scale. Although, it is a new ship it has received extensive publicity as cultural property of Greece. The main construction materials of Navagio is the metal, wood, and paints that have been used in the decoration of the ship. The Navagio is exposed and suffer every year to extreme environmental factors i.e temperature, humidity, salts, further vandalism, etc. Τhe main aim of this paper is the attempt to document the agents of deterioration, which rabidly destroy this ship and compare the levels of deterioration and preservation state with other shipwrecks in Greece in order to warn the owners or the involved institutions for its future preservation.

Keywords: Shipwreck; Zakynthos; Preventive Conservation; Documentation; Metal; Wood; Corrosion

Abstract| Introduction| Other Swipwrecks| Surveying Documentation: A Step Before Preservation| Agents of Deterioration| Conclusion| Acknowledgement| References|