An ancient boat was found on the territory of the destroyed Kakhovskyi reservoir

A boat, which may be 500 years old, was discovered in the Khortytsia National Reserve, on the site of the shallowed Kakhovskyi Reservoir.

During a routine inspection of the washed-up coast of the Dnipro, employees of the “Khortytsia” nature reserve found an ancient Ukrainian boat, the Ministry of Culture said in a press release.

The boat was made from a solid oak trunk. The length of the artifact reaches 67 meters, the width is 8 meters (taking into account the deformation), the height of the ship’s side is 5 meters. The boat was immediately moved to the restoration hangar.

70-80% of the monument has been preserved. The vessel is missing a fragment of the left side in the aft part. Two longitudinal cracks 2-3 meters long extend along the starboard side.

According to the state of preservation of the wood, it can be assumed that the age of the boat may reach 300-500 years.

The ministry noted that due to the fall of water in the Dnipro as a result of the blowing up of the Kakhovska HPP by the Russians, numerous monuments of history and archeology were under threat of destruction. All of them were located in flooded areas. In order to identify and save cultural monuments, the employees of the national reserve “Khortytsia” examine the coastal strip daily.