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Shipwreck, jars more than 2,000 years old found off Italian coast
USA Today • • world
Key Points:
- Italian divers discovered a Roman shipwreck dating back to the 2nd or 1st century B.C. off the coast of Mazara del Vallo, Sicily, containing hundreds of ancient clay jars (amphorae).
- The shipwreck was found about 3 miles from shore, with the amphorae measuring approximately 70 feet long, 20 feet wide, and over 6 feet tall.
- Italy's Minister of Culture, Alessandro Giuli, called the find "one of the most important underwater archaeological discoveries of recent years."
- The discovery was made during a sonar survey of the seafloor by fisherman Giacomo De Mola and other divers, who initially mistook the site for a large rock.
- The site has been reported to the Sicilian Region’s Superintendency of the Sea, which manages marine archaeological sites in the area.
