Over the years, we have posted about the “world’s oldest beer” and the “world’s oldest champagne” found in shipwrecks dating from the 1700s. Recently, divers have located roughly 200 ancient Roman amphorae, believed to originally have stored wine, in an … Continue reading
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Tipped off by fisherman who caught amphorae in their nets, the wreck of a Roman merchant ship, believed to date from between the 1st century B.C. and the 2nd century, has been located in 230 feet of water near the Italian port city of … Continue reading