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2000-year-old glass treasure in Roman shipwreck discovered by an underwater robot in Mediterranean
Arkeonews ^ | July 24, 2023 | Oguz Buyukyildirim

Posted on 07/24/2023 6:23:11 PM PDT by SunkenCiv

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1 posted on 07/24/2023 6:23:11 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
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2 posted on 07/24/2023 6:25:29 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Putin should skip ahead to where he kills himself in the bunker.)
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To: SunkenCiv

What’s the robot’s take after divvying up with the inventor, owner and operator?

Seriously, nifty find.


3 posted on 07/24/2023 6:28:58 PM PDT by skr (Righteousness exalteth a nation: but sin is a reproach to any people. - Proverbs 14:34)
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To: SunkenCiv

“discovered by” seems to be a stretch...
“retrieved by” is still interesting enough.


4 posted on 07/24/2023 6:31:18 PM PDT by Repeal The 17th (Get out of the matrix and get a real life.)
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To: skr
Someday I want to get back to this place:

5 posted on 07/24/2023 6:31:26 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Putin should skip ahead to where he kills himself in the bunker.)
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To: SunkenCiv

Beauty!


6 posted on 07/24/2023 6:31:45 PM PDT by Scarlett156
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I'm glad the two countries ironed out whose territory it was in, and then apparently collaborated on the exploration.

7 posted on 07/24/2023 6:33:10 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Putin should skip ahead to where he kills himself in the bunker.)
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To: Repeal The 17th

Probably has to use AI to qualify. :^)


8 posted on 07/24/2023 6:33:31 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Putin should skip ahead to where he kills himself in the bunker.)
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To: SunkenCiv

Some of the glassware looks like it could have been created today, which speaks to the skills of 1st century glassmakers.


9 posted on 07/24/2023 6:35:20 PM PDT by JesusIsLord
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To: SunkenCiv

Beautiful! Thank you for yet another amazing post, SunkenCiv.


10 posted on 07/24/2023 6:35:36 PM PDT by Chainmail (How do I feel about ignorance and apathy? I don't know and I don't care.)
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"Some of the glassware looks like it could have been created today, which speaks to the skills of 1st century glassmakers."

Indeed. Some of it looks like the clear Pyrex glass bowls I have in my cupboards.

11 posted on 07/24/2023 6:38:30 PM PDT by mass55th (“Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway.” ― John Wayne)
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To: SunkenCiv

“...Probably has to use AI to qualify...”
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Probably needs RI (real intelligence)...


12 posted on 07/24/2023 6:40:09 PM PDT by Repeal The 17th (Get out of the matrix and get a real life.)
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My pleasure. I had to take a guess as to the image credit.


13 posted on 07/24/2023 6:41:32 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Putin should skip ahead to where he kills himself in the bunker.)
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To: SunkenCiv

just the fact that we can see color amazes me...


14 posted on 07/24/2023 6:59:11 PM PDT by Sacajaweau ( )
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To: SunkenCiv

Looks like Hemingray dump items, less the insulators.


15 posted on 07/24/2023 7:03:24 PM PDT by CivilWarBrewing (Get off my back for my usage of CAPS, especially you snowflake males! MAN UP!)
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To: SunkenCiv

So, they had Pyrex and Anchor Hocking 2000 years ago!


16 posted on 07/24/2023 7:40:25 PM PDT by bgill
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To: SunkenCiv

Oh my. It’s glorious


17 posted on 07/24/2023 7:43:29 PM PDT by j.havenfarm (22 years on Free Republic, 12/10/22! more then 6500 replies and still not shutting up!)
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To: mass55th

“Some of it looks like the clear Pyrex glass bowls I have in my cupboards.”

That was my first thought, too.


18 posted on 07/24/2023 11:13:51 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (We are proles, they are nobility.)
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To: SunkenCiv

Saw stuff like that on eBay...


19 posted on 07/25/2023 2:55:34 AM PDT by Adder (ALL Democrats are the enemy. NO QUARTER!!)
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To: JesusIsLord

I have several deep dish glass pie pans that look just like that one in front.


20 posted on 07/25/2023 3:40:35 AM PDT by lilypad
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