[SunkenCiv]

There was a USA Today article last week, which we can't use, but luckily this came along.

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[SunkenCiv]

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[Hawthorn]

> Its cargo of an estimated 1,500 well-preserved clay amphoras has been found to have contained fish sauce - a prized condiment for wealthy Romans <

Interesting! I thought fish sauce was exclusively a Chinese-Vietnamese-Thai-Filippino madness!

[Hegemony Cricket]

My car tells me that the door is a jar - I just don't understand...

[Delta 21]

More Here with a pic.

Dont know what took them so long. 80 feet of water is a leisurely rec dive.

[SWAMPSNIPER]

Can I just have a peanut butter and jelly sandwich?

[Hatteras]

Sounds like a Geraldo find. Fishsauce?

[eleni121]

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

[Continental Soldier]

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

[SunkenCiv]

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