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The object was discovered by archaeologist José García Payón during an excavation in 1933. It was a grave offering, found under three intact floors of a pyramidal structure. Along with the head were found a number of objects made of gold, copper, turquoise, rock crystal, jet, bone, shell and pottery. [2]
Food remains have also been found aboard other centuries-old shipwrecks in recent years, including an array of spices discovered aboard a 15th century wreck near Sweden, according to previous ...
[1] [4] The ship utilized a mixture of Mediterranean and local shipbuilding techniques, with the wood parts connected with dowels and mortise and tenon joints, though the joints are utilized in a crude manner. [1] [4] The vessel was sunk as landfill, to reinforce the bank against a Roman road. [6] The ship was covered up after 2005 for future ...
During the most recent campaign, divers removed 34 ancient pottery vessels from the stern of the ship and found some unique markings underneath, the museum wrote in an April 11 post on X, formerly ...
Such a wreck is the Mardi Gras shipwreck [11] sunk in the Gulf of Mexico in 4,000 feet (1,200 m) of water. The shipwreck lay forgotten at the bottom of the sea until it was discovered in 2002 by an oilfield inspection crew working for the Okeanos Gas Gathering Company (OGGC). [12]
Roman shipwreck laid in shallow water for 1,700 years. Now ‘unique’ cargo is revealed Metal detectorist stumbles on 250-year-old artifact linked to a pope, photos show
Example of a Roman ship anchor. The actual wooden frame of the ship has decayed but the majority of the heavy artifacts remain. Associated with the ship are 4 large iron anchors, copper-alloy nails (both used and unused), lead-sheathing pieces, lead fishing-net sinkers, three bronze balance-scales, bronze cooking ware, an oil lamp, incense shovel, bronze ladle, and one copper-alloy trumpet. [5]
The wreck of an ancient Roman cargo ship from more than 2,000 years ago has been found off the coast near Rome, the arts squad of Italy's Carabinieri police said on Friday. The ship was located ...