Italian police, together with the Maritime Cultural Heritage Department of the island of Sicily, have discovered a sunken ship dating back to the ancient Roman period.
Sea-news.az reports that the ANSA agency released information about this, citing the Italian Ministry of Culture.
According to the information, the sunken Roman ship, estimated to date back to the 2nd-1st centuries BC, was discovered approximately three miles off the coast of Mazara del Vallo at a depth of 46 meters.
At the bottom of the sea, researchers found hundreds of amphorae (two-handled antique vessels with narrow necks used in ancient Greece, mainly made of clay and sometimes metal), two lead anchor stocks, and another structure made of the same material.
The country’s Minister of Culture, Alessandro Giuli, called the find one of the most important underwater archaeological discoveries of recent years. He noted that the sea continues to return pieces of history, and the ship provides insight into the people, routes, and trade that turned the Mediterranean into an intersection of civilizations.
