Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A Roman Republic-era shipwreck found off the coast of Croatia highlights the importance of waterproofing in the second century B.C ...

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Archaeologists working off the coast of Mallorca recovered a Late Roman merchant vessel so well preserved that the amphorae ...

Here's what you’ll learn when you read this story: Excavation in Salzburg, Austria, ahead of a new residential development unearthed a Roman villa from the second or third century C.E. and a rare ...

In Pliny the Elder’s Natural History, the Roman scholar described how the Empire used a unique organic mixture to keep boats waterproof. By tracking something atypical from a 2,200-year-old shipwreck, ...

Following a marathon four and a half year excavation, archaeologists in Croatia have excavated a remarkably well-preserved 2,000-year-old Roman navy ship, Ancient Origins reported. The vessel, ...

Roughly 2,000 years ago, an ancient Roman ship sailed across a large lake in what is now Switzerland, transporting supplies ranging from olive oil to chariot wheels. For some unknown reason, the ...

For most people, pollen is just an irritating allergen. But archaeologists recently used centuries-old specks of the stuff found within the waterproofing pitch on an ancient Roman ship to uncover the ...

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