Rome:2000-year-old wreckage of a ship with 'perfectly preserved' glasswares discovered|Oneindia News

In a discovery termed ‘exceptional’, the wreckage of a 2,000-year-old sunk Roman cargo ship has been found off the coast of Italy.

The ancient cargo ship wreckage was discovered on a seabed which is around 50 miles northwest of the capital city of Rome.

The Roman vessel named Capo Corso 2, may have sunk while transporting glass from the Middle East to France.

The vessel, which belongs to the 1st or 2nd century BC, contained hundreds of ancient Roman terracotta jars named ‘amphorae’, many of which were found still intact in the wreckage.

The ship, estimated to be more than 20m long, was discovered on a sandy seabed 160m below the sea level.

The authorities are now working to ensure that the site is protected as hundreds of amphorae are illegally taken each year and discovered in the homes of art dealers by Italian police.

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