This ship has languished at the bottom of the sea for around two millennia
Two thousand years ago, this ship was crossing the Mediterranean Sea full of its cargo of amphorae -- large terracotta pots that were used in the Roman Empire for transporting wine and olive oil.But having languished at the bottom of the sea for around two millennia, it has now been rediscovered by archeologists, along with its cargo, and dated to between 100 BCE and 100 CE. And it has already been judged to be the largest classical shipwreck found in the eastern Mediterranean.
The survey was carried out by the Oceanus network of the University of Patras, using artificial intelligence image-processing techniques. The research was funded by the European Union Interreg program. It lies about 1.5 miles from the entrance to the harbor of Fiskardo -- the island's only village to not be destroyed in World War II. The archaeologists think that the discovery indicates that Fiskardo was an important stop on Roman trading routes.The survey, carried out in 2013 and 2014, also picked up three"almost intact" wrecks from World War II in the area.
The high resolution sonar images picked up the mass of jugs on the sea floor, filling out the shape of the wooden ship frame.
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