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Champagne galore found on Baltic shipwreck The wreck of a 19th sailing ship still loaded with its cargo of champagne, wine, mineral water and porcelain has been discovered in the Baltic off the Swedish island of Öland. The Baltictech diving group, a Polish association of divers dedicating to exploring shipwrecks in Baltic waters, The sonar images were unremarkable (the wreck looked …
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Cuneiform tablet lists large furniture purchase An excavation of the Bronze Age Aççana Mound in the Old City of Alalah in Turkey’s southeastern Hatay province has uncovered an Akkadian cuneiform tablet that records a large furniture purchase. The tablet is petite at just 1.65 inches by 1.38 inches with a thickness of 0.63 inches and weighing just shy of an ounce. …
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Roman urn of Attii family seized from farmhouse garden A Roman cinerary urn with an important dedicatory inscription has been has come to light in Portogruaro, a town on the outskirts of Venice, northern Italy. The urn dates to between the 1st century B.C. and the middle of the 1st century A.D. Engraved in Latin capitals on the front of the box is an …
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