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A tourist found in the remains of amphorae Marinas S. II AD

August 18 from 2011 - 12: 47

Juan Palma is a tourist who summered quietly in the Marinas Beach when shallow, making the upper third of two amphora Dressel 20.Inmediatamente, assuming he had found something important, contacted with Arqueològic Museum of the City of Dénia.

Museum experts have claimed that the pieces could be part of the burden of ship carrying oil Guadalquivir Valley sunk off the coast of Dénia. Their destination was the Rhone Valley and Rome for distribution throughout the empire. The remains of the containers, their size, their shape and, in general, all physical characteristics possessed confirm their date AD production in the S. II, Severian period.

This finding added to other documented remains of a ship a sunken also in the Port Denia confirm the intense maritime traffic that has existed throughout the historio in Dianense coast.

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