Possible Port Identified Near Submerged Etruscan Temple - Archaeology Magazine
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90 meters off the coast, archaeologists encounter powerful stone blocks. What they suspect there is more than 2300 years back.
Possible Port Identified Near Submerged Etruscan Temple - Archaeology Magazine
SANTA MARINELLA, ITALY—Traces of a possible Etruscan port have been found some 300 feet off the coast of central Italy, under about five feet of water, according to a Greek Reporter article. Divers under the direction of Mauro Giorgi of Sapienza University were conducting a survey of the seafloor near the remnants of the Etruscan temple at Punta della Vipera when they found carved limestone blocks forming a double row in an L-shape. The large sp…
Submerged 2,300-Year-Old Etruscan Harbour Found Beside Ancient Temple
A stone harbour hidden beneath shallow water off the Italian coast may preserve a missing part of the Etruscans’ maritime world. Archaeologists have identified the remains of a large landing structure around 90 metres from the present shoreline near Santa Marinella, north of Rome, where rows of shaped stone blocks appear to form a protected […] The post Submerged 2,300-Year-Old Etruscan Harbour Found Beside Ancient Temple appeared first on Above…
90 meters off the coast, archaeologists encounter powerful stone blocks. What they suspect there is more than 2300 years back.
The site is only about 130 metres from an Etruscan sanctuary dedicated to the goddess Minerva and founded in the 6th century BC. On the sea floor, the scientists identified two complexes of large, hewn stone blocks, which were apparently arranged according to plan. The results of the archaeological investigations were published in the "Journal of Cultural Heritage". Technically sophisticated planningThe plant has an L-shaped structure. According…
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