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Ingredients for Salad Dressing Found in 2,400-year-old Shipwreck
LiveScience ^ | 08 November 2007 | Charles Q. Choi

Posted on 11/10/2007 6:37:47 AM PST by Daffynition

Genetic analysis has revealed the contents of an ancient shipwreck dating back to the era of the Roman Republic and Athenian Empire. The cargo was olive oil flavored with oregano.

Beyond discovering ingredients for Italian salad dressing on the sea floor, such research could provide a wealth of insights concerning the everyday life of ancient seafaring civilizations that would otherwise be lost at sea.

An international team of U.S. and Greek researchers investigated the remains of a 2,400-year-old shipwreck that lies 230 feet (70 meters) deep, roughly a half-mile (1 kilometer) off the coast of the Greek island of Chios in the Aegean Sea.

(Excerpt) Read more at livescience.com ...


TOPICS: History; Science
KEYWORDS: ancientnavigation; chios; croutons; freepun; godsgravesglyphs; navigation; olives; oregano; salad; shipwreck; shipwrecks
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1 posted on 11/10/2007 6:37:48 AM PST by Daffynition
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To: SunkenCiv

Salad ping to you.


2 posted on 11/10/2007 6:40:55 AM PST by ConservativeMind
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To: Daffynition
identified the DNA contents of one amphora as olives and oregano, suggesting it held olive oil mixed with oregano

Like, duh!

The fact that we detected DNA of olives may mean that Chios exported more than wine," Foley said. "Their agricultural production might have been more sophisticated than we've suspected."

Duh, again. I amazes me how these guys are always surprised when they find out mankind before their generation didn't live in caves.

3 posted on 11/10/2007 7:03:20 AM PST by mtbopfuyn (I think the border is kind of an artificial barrier - San Antonio councilwoman Patti Radle)
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To: Daffynition

Newman's Own 2,400 year old Salad Dressing.

4 posted on 11/10/2007 8:05:31 AM PST by Cagey (Many go fishing all their lives without knowing that it is not fish they are after.......Thoreau)
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To: Cagey
HAHAHA! Works for me!


5 posted on 11/10/2007 8:27:17 AM PST by Daffynition (The quieter you become, the more you are able to hear.)
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To: Daffynition

I’m sorry, were you a-dressing me? [rimshot!] Because I’m ornery this morning, I won’t be pinging the older one shown below, because I feel left out of the loop. ;’)

Team IDs Ancient Cargo From DNA
Exduco | 10-31-2007 | David Chandler - MIT
Posted on 11/01/2007 5:27:27 PM EDT by blam
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1919702/posts


6 posted on 11/10/2007 8:42:17 AM PST by SunkenCiv (Profile updated Thursday, November 8, 2007. https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: ConservativeMind

Whoops! Sorry, thanks go to ConservativeMind.

A contemporary (but different) ancient wreck:

Underwater survey nets traces of 2,400-year-old Greek wreck off southern Albania
International Herald Tribune | September 12, 2007 | Associated Press
Posted on 10/05/2007 2:18:24 AM EDT by SunkenCiv
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1906873/posts


7 posted on 11/10/2007 8:44:24 AM PST by SunkenCiv (Profile updated Thursday, November 8, 2007. https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: blam; StayAt HomeMother; Ernest_at_the_Beach; 1ofmanyfree; 24Karet; 3AngelaD; 49th; ...

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Thanks ConservativeMind.

To all -- please ping me to other topics which are appropriate for the GGG list.
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8 posted on 11/10/2007 8:44:51 AM PST by SunkenCiv (Profile updated Thursday, November 8, 2007. https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: The Spirit Of Allegiance

No sign yet of skeletons of the crou’.


9 posted on 11/10/2007 8:48:28 AM PST by SunkenCiv (Profile updated Thursday, November 8, 2007. https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: SunkenCiv

“Eve! You put my dress suit in the salad again!”


10 posted on 11/10/2007 9:18:34 AM PST by Monkey Face (It might look like I'm doing nothing, but at the cellular level, I'm really quite busy.)
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No sign yet of skeletons of the crou’.

Thanks 'tons for the ping!

"An international team of U.S. and Greek researchers"

These guys have got the best cover for a well-paying scuba/world travel club EVER.




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11 posted on 11/10/2007 9:36:47 AM PST by The Spirit Of Allegiance (Public Employees: Honor Your Oaths! Defend the Constitution from Enemies--Foreign and Domestic!)
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To: Daffynition

Which reminds me. When I quit one of my jobs, my teammates took me out to a Chinese restaurant in the suburbs. When the waitress,who wasn’t Chinese, asked what kind of dressing I wanted on my salad that came with the meal, I began to question of I was in a Chinese restaurant.


12 posted on 11/10/2007 9:41:22 AM PST by Revolting cat! (We all need someone we can bleed on...)
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To: Daffynition
And which dressing was it.  Why Seven Seas of course.
13 posted on 11/10/2007 9:46:05 AM PST by DoughtyOne (Mrs Crinton have Pay Feava. There she go now. "Ah Hsu Ahhh Hsu Ah Hsu!" Crintons worth every penny.)
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To: Daffynition

Of course, there was a much better known shipwreck involving an entire shipment of salad dressing: the Sinko de Mayo.


14 posted on 11/10/2007 9:50:27 AM PST by southernnorthcarolina (These are my principles. If you don't like them, I have others.)
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To: SunkenCiv; The Spirit Of Allegiance

I’ve had better salad days too.

How the heck is a search on “Team IDs Ancient Cargo From DNA” going to find any matches in “Ingredients for Salad Dressing Found in 2,400-year-old Shipwreck” ??

The limitations of the search feature is just the tip of the iceberg ...lettuce forget this small dressing down, K? ;)


15 posted on 11/10/2007 9:51:10 AM PST by Daffynition (The quieter you become, the more you are able to hear.)
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To: Daffynition

Snearing at our ancestors will be our comeuppance.

If you took 10,000 NY residents and stuck them in the Amazon - they would be hard-pressed to find edible vegetation, fashion tools to kill game, or for food preparation, minerals or spices for preservation and the ability to create fire for warmth and cooking.

Would they be able to hoard seeds for future seasons, raise livestock and develop transportation for hauling and harvesting. Not to mention manufacturing clothing and shelter

And forget experimental medicines to treat fever or wounds.

We are at the end of evolution....should we restart the cycle?


16 posted on 11/10/2007 9:51:13 AM PST by sodpoodle (Despair - man's surrender. Laughter - God's reward.)
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To: DoughtyOne; SunkenCiv

Hmmmm...Olive Oyl...was the Admiral named Popeye?

A tragic end for a three hour cruise in the salad days of yore oar Man o’War.

I question the timing, Gilligan.


17 posted on 11/10/2007 9:54:01 AM PST by The Spirit Of Allegiance (Public Employees: Honor Your Oaths! Defend the Constitution from Enemies--Foreign and Domestic!)
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To: Revolting cat!

18 posted on 11/10/2007 9:54:58 AM PST by Daffynition (The quieter you become, the more you are able to hear.)
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To: southernnorthcarolina

GROAN!!!! Good one!


19 posted on 11/10/2007 9:55:09 AM PST by The Spirit Of Allegiance (Public Employees: Honor Your Oaths! Defend the Constitution from Enemies--Foreign and Domestic!)
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20 posted on 11/10/2007 9:58:39 AM PST by Daffynition (The quieter you become, the more you are able to hear.)
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