An Italian organisation has found the remains of a Roman ship in waters off Sicily, with hundreds of amphorae and anchor sections fused with marine coral.
An Italian organisation discovered a Roman shipwreck in waters off Sicily on Saturday (8/8). The vessel is estimated to date from the second to first century BC.
The discoverers identified hundreds of amphorae and anchor sections that had fused with marine coral at the wreck site.
Sicily, which was colonised by ancient Greeks around the eighth century BC, was conquered by the Romans around 240 BC, making this discovery part of the region's maritime history.
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