KPI Granted Exclusive Access to Document Sunken Forts Off England

NEW YORK, July 26: KPI, a
unit of Lightworks Producing Group (LPG), has been granted exclusive television
access to document the newly discovered sunken Roman forts of Meols, on the
north Wirral Coast off England, with diver and deep sea explorer Jay Usher
tapped to spearhead the project.

Meols is considered one of
the most significant ancient sites in Northwest England and contains compelling
evidence of prehistoric Roman coastal settlement and trade in Britain. A
catastrophic earthquake in 543 AD, along with three inundations, resulted in
serious coastal changes and damages, sinking what was once the largest Roman
settlement in Merseyside. Although a series of artifacts were discovered during
the early 19th century, this is the first time a large-scale
archaeological investigation has ever taken place at the site. An article about
the site was published recently in Wirral Archeology.

Lightworks’ KPI unit, in
conjunction with explorer Jay Usher, will work with American subsea specialists
Deeptrek, whose team includes renowned archaeologists, researchers and artifact
conservators. In addition to diving the ruins, KPI will utilize the technology
of Side Scan Sonar, Cesium Mags, and Sub Bottom Profilers to completely map the
ruins and give the public a look behind the Roman forts that have been hidden
for more than 1,000 years.

“The quest for the sunken
Roman Forts of Meols, on the north Wirral Coast, is the type of underwater
mystery we like unraveling,” said Vinnie Kralyevich, the executive VP and chief
creative officer of Lightworks Producing Group and founder of KPI.“ We have
created underwater programming for years from the Pacific to the North Sea,
with programs such as Deep Sea Detectives for The History Channel and Sea Battles, which is in production, for the Military Channel.
This is the first time we’ve ever secured exclusive access to these underwater
Roman ruins that, up until now, was covered by the ocean.”