• Italian archaeologists find two sunken Roman ships off Turkey with cargoes of amphorae and marble in
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[QUOTE](ANSA) - Ankara, October 8 - Two ancient Roman shipwrecks, complete with Their cargo, have been discovered by Italian archaeologists off the coast of Turkey near the ancient Roman city of the Elaiussa Sebaste. The ships, one dating from the Roman Imperial period and the other from about the sixth century AD, have been found with cargoes of amphorae and marble, say Researchers from the Italian Archaeological Mission of Rome's La Sapienza University. Both ships were discovered near Elaiussa Sebaste, on the Aegean coast of Turkey near Mersin, According to a statement issued by the Italian embassy in Ankara. Officials say the discoveries - led by Italian archaeologist Eugenia Schneider Horses - confirm the important role played Elaiussa Sebaste Within the main sea routes between Syria, Egypt, and the Anatolian peninsula from the days of Augustus until the early Byzantine period. Elaiussa, meaning olives, was founded in the 2nd century BC on a tiny island attached to the mainland by a narrow isthmus in the Mediterranean Sea Schneider has been leading the excavations since 1995. [img]http://www.gazzettadelsud.it/resizer.jsp?img=EpP7m1%2FSfLTxzQdz4ubQk%2FBgqk8K5OL1%2FHfE1U75TN5Hm%2B9ZwgNwXMQ%2BTaehApgU&w=345&h=250&maximize=true[/img][/quote] Source: [url]http://www.gazzettadelsud.it/news/english/16619/Italian-archaeologists-find-2-sunken-Roman-ships-off-Turkey.html[/url]
A fitting story for a fitting avatar. Hail.
I love this sort of news. I remember hearing about a viking boat found under a pub in York!
Dibs on the marble!
Reminds me of the [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uluburun_shipwreck"]Uluburun shipwreck[/URL]. Hopefully the findings here will be just as enlightening.
[QUOTE=Maloof?;37971758]Hail.[/QUOTE] [I]ave[/I]
[QUOTE=Joazzz;37973531][I]ave[/I][/QUOTE] true to caesar
watch them find some roman Antikythera Mechanism
Emperor Scorpious I swear they're going to find Atlantis and your hidden villainous lair soon.
Nice find!
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