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2,000-year-old shipwreck yields hundreds of jars
Knoxville News Sentinel ^ | November 19, 2006 | Daniel Woolls

Posted on 11/19/2006 8:08:23 PM PST by SunkenCiv

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To: SunkenCiv

Ha!


21 posted on 11/20/2006 6:18:33 AM PST by Constitution Day (I guess Rove isn't such a Magnificent Bastard, after all.)
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To: SunkenCiv

Ancient Greeks have been sailing there since 1000BC...so why should this relatively more recent find surprise anyone?


22 posted on 11/20/2006 1:29:24 PM PST by eleni121 ( + En Touto Nika! By this sign conquer! + Constantine the Great))
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To: SunkenCiv

We often remember the Romans for their roads, but, maybe, we ought to remember them for their jars. :)


23 posted on 11/20/2006 2:31:01 PM PST by Continental Soldier
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To: Continental Soldier

That would be a jarring development.


24 posted on 11/20/2006 7:46:54 PM PST by SunkenCiv (I last updated my profile on Thursday, November 16, 2006 https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: eleni121
Ancient Greeks have been sailing there since 1000BC...so why should this relatively more recent find surprise anyone?
Amphorae thorough investigation.
25 posted on 11/20/2006 7:47:16 PM PST by SunkenCiv (I last updated my profile on Thursday, November 16, 2006 https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: SWAMPSNIPER

I've never understood the Roman fixation with pungent if not rotten flesh.


26 posted on 11/20/2006 8:34:04 PM PST by rmlew (Having slit their throats may the conservatives who voted for Casey choke slowly on their blood.)
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earlier topic, just found:

Early Roman Shipwreck Carried Fish Sauce
Breitbart.com | 11-13-06 | DANIEL WOOLLS
Posted on 11/14/2006 5:47:35 AM EST by dbehsman
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1738230/posts


27 posted on 11/24/2006 6:07:42 PM PST by SunkenCiv (I last updated my profile on Thursday, November 16, 2006 https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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