Mensun Bound, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Mensun Bound

British archaeologist

Date of Birth: 04-Feb-1953

Place of Birth: Stanley, United Kingdom

Profession: archaeologist, anthropologist

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Mensun Bound (born 1953) is a British maritime archaeologist born in Port Stanley, Falkland Islands.
He is best known for directing the excavation of the Etruscan 6th-century BC shipwreck off Giglio Island, Italy, the oldest known shipwreck of the Archaic era, and the Hoi An Cargo which revolutionized understanding of Vietnam’s art-historical Golden Age. In recent years, Bound has become more involved in deep-ocean archaeology.
In 2014–15, he led a search for the Imperial German East Asia Squadron, sunk during the Battle of the Falkland Islands in 1914, and since then in AUV and ROV surveys in depths up to 6000 m.
He eventually located the squadron's flagship, SMS Scharnhorst, in December 2019, 105 years after her sinking.Most recently, Bound was in Antarctica as Director of Exploration for the Weddell Sea Expedition 2019, tasked with finding Ernest Shackleton's ship, Endurance, which sank under the ice in 1915.