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Posted on 04/18/2010 6:35:25 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
A British underwater research team has discovered hundreds of rare Roman pots by accident, while trawling the wreckages of ships on the sea bed. The team had been using remote operated vehicles (ROVs) to scour modern wrecks for radioactive materials. They were amazed to come across the remains of a Roman galley which sank off the coast of Italy thousands of years ago... The crew from energy company Hallin Marine International, based in Aberdeen, found a number of ancient pots lying in the mud 1,640ft below the waves... the crew worked around the clock for two days to bring them to the surface without damaging them... managed to recover five of the 2,000 year-old vessels intact... They were then handed over to an archaeology museum in the historic Graeco-Roman city of Paestum, in northern Italy.
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I wholeheartedly agree.
I know the old fire buckets had round bottoms so people wouldn’t take them off their hooks and use them for other purposes. Wonder if there was something similar with the amphorae? Romans certainly knew how to make a pot that would stand up.
Hey....you sure get around :) lol. I knew I would get a cutesy answer like Gods Graves Glyphs, after I hit the post button! :P
You forgot, “this is your brain on amphora”.
Actually, I've been on this ping list since the beginning.
It's all about archaeological subjects
Oh no kidding? Fascinating stuff huh? Rome is definitely on the ‘wish list’ (for many years now). To walk on Pompeii and the out of the way places where ruins are. What a thrill that would be.
Why did they need to be durable if they were only going one way?
****Why did they need to be durable if they were only going one way?****
I think what he means is that the shape of the container had to be durable and compact in transit, they spun all containers so round was all they had. I may be wrong but this shape may provide the best available compactness, and strength that they were capable of. With this shape they could compact them with straw for the long journey, interleaved to reduce shifting on the ship.
Great find.
Imagine riding in an unsprung wagon on a cobbled Roman road. It would make your teeth rattle, as well as the load of jars in the bed. They had to be durable to get where they were going.
The GGG list is one of the best things on FR. Especially if you have an interest in off the beaten path but fascinating topics.
I should fit in perfectly then. LOL I did request to be added to the 'ping'. I've always loved 'ancient' history and other 'off the beaten path topics'. :)
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