Roman shipwreck packed with hundreds of jars found off Italian coast
- An ancient Roman-era ship, believed to be over 2,000 years old, was recovered off the coast of Sicily, marking one of Italy’s most important archaeological finds in recent years.
- Specialist divers discovered the wreckage 150 feet deep near Mazara del Vallo, finding the vessel still packed with hundreds of well-preserved ceramic jars used for transporting wine, oil and grain.
- The ministry of culture dated the ship to the 1st or 2nd century BC and said it was filled with hundreds of slender, wine-carrying ‘Dressel 1A’ amphorae jars.
- Exceptionally low water levels in the Danube river, caused by heatwaves and drought across Europe, revealed several ancient artefacts.
- Bulgarian archaeologists were able to document parts of the foundations of the Roman Empire’s Constantine Bridge, inaugurated in AD 328, which linked Ulpia Oescus with Sucidava.
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