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在地中海海底有一项重大发现：一艘据估计属于公元前1世纪或2世纪的罗马货船在地中海海底被发现。

意大利文化遗产保护警察队的考古学家和负责保护和管理水下遗产的国家水下文化遗产管理局的专业水肺潜水员共同完成了这一壮举。

人们在船上发现了数百个被称为双耳罐的罗马罐子。它们被归类为Dressel 1 B型罐，呈管状。然而，它们的确切用途至今仍是个谜。

这艘船是在距罗马约80公里的意大利港口城市奇维塔韦基亚附近160米(524英尺)深处被发现的。

文化遗产保护警察局表示:“这一特殊的发现代表了一艘罗马船只在试图到达海岸的过程中面对大海的危险而沉没的重要例子，并见证了古代海上贸易路线。”

据说这艘船有20多米长，它的货物，即双耳罐，被发现时保存完好，这是一个特殊的发现。

目前，警方正在调查该遗址，并采取措施保护它，因为据说意大利地中海海岸线拥有非凡的水下考古宝藏。因此，警察水肺潜水队定期在该地区巡逻，以保护国宝免遭抢劫。

2021年，西西里考古学家在巴勒莫海岸和乌斯提卡岛附近发现了两艘古罗马船只，都携带着葡萄酒双耳罐。

2013年，在热那亚海岸发现了一艘属于公元前2世纪的完整船只。

几乎每年，意大利警方都会从艺术品经销商的家中没收数百只数千年前的罗马双耳罐。

2021年6月，当局从一位比利时收藏家那里发现了几件非法收集的稀有考古发现，这些考古发现可以追溯到公元前6世纪。这些文物价值1100万欧元或940万英镑，其中包括大约800块石碑、双耳罐和其他物品，它们都是在普利亚秘密挖掘出来的。

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A Roman Cargo Ship estimated to belong to the 1st or 2nd century BC has been discovered at the bottom of the Mediterranean Sea in what has been called a significant discovery.

The remarkable feat was achieved by archaeologists from Italy’s cultural heritage protection police squad and professional scuba divers from the national superintendency for underwater cultural heritage, which safeguards and regulates underwater heritage sites.

The ship was found with hundreds of Roman jars called amphorae. They are classified as Dressel 1 B-type jars and are tube-shaped. However, what they were exactly used for remains a mystery today.

The vessel was found at 160 m or 524 ft deep near the Civitavecchia, an Italian port city around 80 km from Rome.

The cultural heritage protection police unit states: “This exceptional discovery represents an important example of the sinking of a Roman ship which faced the perils of the sea in an attempt to reach the coast and bears witness to the ancient maritime trade routes.”

The ship is said to be more than 20 metres long, and its cargo, i.e. the amphorae, was found in a well-preserved or intact condition, making it an exceptional find.

Presently the police are surveying the site and also taking steps to protect it since Italy’s Mediterranean coastline is said to have remarkable underwater archaeological treasures. Hence the police scuba diving squads regularly patrol the region to protect the national treasures from looters.

Similar discoveries were made in 2021 when Sicilian archaeologists found two ancient Roman ships off the Palermo coast and another near Ustica Island, both carrying wine amphorae.

In 2013, an intact vessel belonging to the 2nd century BC was found off the Genoa coast.

Almost every year, hundreds of Roman amphorae dating back thousands of years are confiscated by the Italian police from art dealers’ houses.

In June 2021, the authorities found several illegally gathered rare archaeological finds dating from the 6th century BC from a Belgian collector. They were worth €11m or £9.4m and included around 800 pieces of stelae, amphorae and other items hailing from a clandestine excavation in Puglia.

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