TAG: ancient roman
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Digs & Discoveries July/August 2012
Roman Ship's Secret Cargo
Italian archaeologists have uncovered evidence of smuggling between North Africa and Italy on a third-century A.D. shipwreck off the west coast of Sicily. The most complete Roman ship ever found, the 52-by-16-foot merchant vessel was carrying amphorae filled with walnuts, figs, olives, wine, oil, and fish sauce from Tunisia to Rome when it sank.
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Features March/April 2012
Rome's Lost Aqueduct
Searching for the source of one of the city's greatest engineering achievements
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