2,100-Year-Old Roman Shipwreck Loaded With Hundreds of Amphorae Found Off Sicily
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Divers have discovered an exceptionally well-preserved Roman shipwreck off the coast of Sicily. The seabed is littered with hundreds of ancient jars and lead anchor parts.
A Roman shipwreck over two thousand years old has been found at a depth of 46 meters, a few kilometers off the west coast of Sicily. Hundreds of amphorae, ancient earthenware jugs with two handles, lie on the seabed. Following a tip from the public, the discovery was made approximately five kilometers off the coast of the town of Mazara del Vallo. The Italian Ministry of Culture describes it as "one of the most important underwater archaeologic…
An incredible discovery that made in Mazara del Vallo, where a wreck of Roman times - presumably dating from the 2nd to the 1st century B.C. - was identified about three miles from the coast at a depth of 46 meters. On the bottom there are hundreds of amphorae, mainly of the type Dressel 1A, two strains of anchor in lead and another structure of the same material. "It is one of the most important underwater archaeological discoveries of recent y…
A Roman shipwreck more than two thousand years old has been discovered off the coast of Sicily. Divers found hundreds of amphorae and various lead ship parts. The Italian authorities are calling it an important archaeological find.
A relic of Roman times, presumably dating from the 2nd to the 1st century BC, was identified about three miles from the coast of Mazara del Vallo, at a depth of 46 meters. On the bottom there are hundreds of amphorae, mainly of the type Dressel 1A, two strains of anchor in lead and another structure of the [...] L'articolo Mazara del Vallo, discovered a Roman wreck at 46 meters of depth: it is of the 2nd century Video comes from Il Fatto Quotidi…
The discovery after the reporting of some citizens
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