TAG: Sicily
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Features March/April 2019
Sicily's Lost Theater
Archaeologists resume the search for the home of drama in a majestic Greek sanctuary
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Features September/October 2018
Shipping Stone
A wreck off the Sicilian coast offers a rare look into the world of Byzantine commerce
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(Courtesy: Regione Sicilia - Polo Regionale di Siracusa per i siti e musei archeologici Museo Paolo Orsi ) -
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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