Intact sunken Roman-era ship found

annis · Post by **annis** » Tue August 7th, 2012, 5:50 am

News that Roman-era ship has been found off the coast of Liguria in Italy has aroused interest because, unusually, the ship is in a very well preserved condition and still pretty much intact. There is speculation that it could be raised in one piece.

BBC article here:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-19153732

LoveHistory · Post by **LoveHistory** » Tue August 7th, 2012, 9:07 pm

Awesomeness!

Margaret · Post by **Margaret** » Wed August 8th, 2012, 2:30 am

Another 200 amphorae! Those Romans were really into stuff that got shipped around in amphorae. Now we do it in plastic bottles, I guess, and probably in larger quantities.

It will be cool to see the design of the ship - especially if they can raise it.

Divia · Post by **Divia** » Wed August 8th, 2012, 2:53 pm

That would be super cool if they could raise it.