For You Lot Data - Roman Anchors Recovered Inwards Sardenia As Well As Sicily

Two Pb anchors dating dorsum to the belatedly Roman Republican era, betwixt the get-go century BC too the minute century AD, were latterly discovered inwards the waters inwards forepart of Capo Sant'Elia inwards southern Sardinia.

Roman anchor recovered yesteryear the Carabinieri off the coast of southern Sardinia [Credit: ANSA]

The 2 135 centimetre long Pb anchors were detected at a depth of about xl metres during the class of a serial of command too monitoring activities aimed at preventing illegal harm to the protected marine areas too the underwater archaeological sites of South Sardinia.

The finds are currently existence studied yesteryear the archaeological officials of the Superintendence of Cagliari.

Roman anchor industrial plant life off Giardini Naxos on the isle of Sicily [Credit: Sikily News]

Another Pb anchor, too dating from the Roman period, was industrial plant life nether a stone inwards the waters inwards forepart of the marina Saja of Giardini Naxos on the isle of Sicily inwards southern Italy.

The artefact, which is near 1 metre inwards length, was located at a depth of 8 metres too at a distance of near twenty metres from the shore, on a sandy seabed. The finding was made inwards the context of reconnaissance to set archaeological sites.

Sources: ANSA too Sikily News [June 10, 2018]


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