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Ancient Roman Shipwreck Found

"reportedly in such good condition that some of the food may still be preserved inside the storage jars."

 Started by SAmbag , Aug 09 2012 10:36 AM

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#1    SAmbag

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Posted 09 August 2012 - 10:36 AM

From nbcnews.com:

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Discovery News' Rossella Lorenzi reports that the ship sank on a trade route between Spain and central Italy with a cargo of more than 200 jars, known as amphorae. Some of the jars were caught in fishing nets, which led to the underwater search. Tests indicated that the jars contained pickled fish, grain, wine and oil.

Edited by SAmbag, 09 August 2012 - 10:37 AM.

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Posted 09 August 2012 - 10:59 AM

Very cool !
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Posted 09 August 2012 - 11:16 AM

If the wine is still there in the amphora. will it be good to drink?
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Posted 09 August 2012 - 12:16 PM

.. please pass the pickled fish......  that sounds especially good!   lol
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Posted 10 August 2012 - 06:56 PM

I was just about to post this. What an interesting find :tu:
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Posted 10 August 2012 - 07:07 PM

yeah. very interesting find. with the amphoras of wine intact.
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Posted 10 August 2012 - 07:52 PM

Very interesting.

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Posted 15 August 2012 - 03:23 PM

I bet they are glad to find this , to give more clues on stuff back then .

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Posted 15 August 2012 - 06:10 PM

wow, that's aged wine! :)

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Posted 15 August 2012 - 11:10 PM

View PostThe_Spartan, on 09 August 2012 - 11:16 AM, said:

If the wine is still there in the amphora. will it be good to drink?

Probably not, but it might be okay to put it on Fish and Chips.

For the non-Brits - Fish and Chips is a British meal consisting of Fish and Chips, often served in paper with salt and vinegar for flavouring.

Edited by Junior Chubb, 15 August 2012 - 11:11 PM.

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Posted 16 August 2012 - 02:49 AM

of course not you'll die from food poisoning

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Posted 17 August 2012 - 01:42 AM

I am reading a book on the ancient Celts and Roman. I'm at the part about Caesar, so this really interesting to me.
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Posted 18 August 2012 - 02:12 AM

Got any olive oil in there?

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Posted 18 August 2012 - 08:55 AM

It would not be the first find of that kind nor the only one.

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Posted 18 August 2012 - 08:57 AM

View PostHarte, on 18 August 2012 - 02:12 AM, said:

Got any olive oil in there?

I'm making pesto here.

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