AdvertisementIn Istanbul, A Byzantine-Era Fleet Surfaces AgainDecember 03, 2012Peter KenyonfacebookEmailArchaeologists call an excavation site on Istanbul's southern shore the world's largest shipwreck collection. The area, unearthed during construction of a railway station, was once a Byzantine-era port that harbored cargo and military vessels, and received goods from around the Mediterranean. (Gokce Saracoglu for NPR)