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2,200 years ago, bad luck and wax against leaks were enough: A wreck in the Adriatic reveals how sailors in Roman times patched their ships.
Pollen traces reveal repairs on Roman shipwreck across the Adriatic
A Roman ship that sank about 2,200 years ago off the Adriatic coast is offering a closer look at how vessels were maintained in antiquity. New research suggests the ship was repaired several times in different locations during its working life, rather than being serviced in a single place. The wreck, known as Ilovik–Paržine 1, was found in 2016 near the Croatian island of Ilovik. Archaeologists have examined the hull and cargo before, but recent…
Off a Croatian island, researchers have pierced the mysteries of a 2200-year-old ship, using an unusual method: the analysis of tiny pollen grains trapped in its wooden structure.
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