Just when we thought reconstruction on the New York World Trade Center was picking up speed, workers hit a new snag. Or, I should say, an old snag. Twenty feet beneath the construction site, they uncovered the hull of 200-year-old cargo ship.
How did a ship end up on the site of the terrorist attacks? Is the New York World Trade Center jinxed?
Not to worry. Archaeologists say that New York's settlers used old ships for landfill when they built the city. The soil is rich with archaeological artifacts. Many were lost in the 1970s, when the earlier World Trade Center buildings were constructed.
- New York Times Photos: 18th-Century Ship Found at Trade Center Site
- CNN Videos: Pieces of ship made in 1700s found at ground zero building site
- Natural History Magazine: Disappearance of the Historic Ship Tijger
- World Trade Center Construction Timeline
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