A ship found in the bottom of Lake Sevan

Third underwater research campaign is scheduled to be launched on July 10-24, at the course of which 2010 and 2011 researches works will be continued.

Underwater Research and Diving Armenian center informed Armenpress , this French-Armenian mission is being carried by three initiators of the program  Claude Tulumjyan, Gabriel Melikyan, Stepan Kojayan and  and in close cooperation with scientific  reserach institutions and   government agencies adjacent to the  National Academy of Sciences.

 Science campaigns are set to be carried out under the responsibly of Underwater Research and Diving Armenian center. Underwater Researches are aimed at strengthening the preliminary results obtained in the past few years, as well as to continue the acquisition of samples for scientists, the records of fauna and fauna description.

Current year archaeological works are scheduled to be carried out in the bottom of the Lake Sevan aimed at finding the  ship damaged in 15 –meter-depth. All the acquired components will be provided to Armenian scientists for further research purposes.