Illustration of amphorae found in the seabed.
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A new ancient treasure has just been discovered in the Aegean Sea.
Divers have found amphorae of various styles and origins in a 1,800-year-old Roman wreck.
The boat was off the island of Kassos, Greece, Geo reports.
The Greek Ministry of Culture and Sports announced the news Tuesday on Facebook.
He participated in research through the Ephorate of Underwater Antiquities, the Greek agency for marine archeology.
The operation was carried out in cooperation with the Institute of Historical Research of the National Hellenic Research Foundation.
Amphorae designed at the beginning of our era
It took two hundred hours of exploring the seabed to find the ship in question.
Its discovery is not really surprising since the island of Kassos was "a crossroads of civilizations and an important navigation center" in Antiquity, the ministry said.
This find was made as part of a three-year research project.
The Roman boat carried two types of amphorae.
The first are “Dressel 20” type amphorae and contained oil.
They were made in Spain, in the region of Guadalquivir, between the 1st and the 3rd century.
The second, of the “Africana I” type, were designed between the 2nd and 3rd centuries in proconsular Africa, which corresponds to present-day Tunisia.
Three other wrecks unearthed
Three other wrecks have been unearthed in the same seabed.
One of them comes from the Hellenistic period and more precisely from the 1st century BC.
Amphorae made in the northern Aegean Sea have been found inside.
The remains of another ship come from the classical period (5th century BC) and contained amphorae made in the ancient Greek city of Mendè.
The last boat was more recent.
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