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Pitt and Giordino could sit back and take it easy for the rest of the voyage Their part in the search project was over They had found a needle in a haystack Then slowly Pitts expression turned serious and he stared off into space

Giordino knew the sy experience Once a project was successfully coone, and his restless mind quickly turned to the next one

"Daht said warmly "You NUMA people know your search techniques This has to be the ence coup in twenty years "

"Don't get carried away," said Pitt "The tough part is yet to come

Recovering the sub under Russian noses will be a delicate operation No Glohly visible surface ships The entire operation will have to be carried out underwater-"

"What the hell is that?" Giordino's eyes had returned to the monitor

"Looks like a fat jug"

"More like an urn," Knight confirmed

Pitt stared into the htful, his eyes tired, red and suddenly intense The object was standing straight up Two handles protruded fro sharply into a broad, oval body that in Turn tapered toward the base buried in the silt

"A terra-cotta amphora," Pitt announced finally

"I believe you're right," said Knight "The Greeks and Romans used them to transport wine and olive oil They've been recovered all over the bottom of the Mediterranean"

"What's one doing in the Greenland Sea?" Giordino asked no one in particular "There, to the left of the picture, we've picked up a second"

Then a cluster of three drifted under the caed line from southeast to northwest

Knight turned to Pitt, "You're the shipwreck expert How do you'read it?"

A good ten seconds passed before Pitt replied Then at last he did, his voice was distant, as though it came from someone in the next compartment