This is another one from the Italian press which I’ve been hoping would get some notice in the English press, but it doesn’t appear that that will be happening. The Carabinieri have been diving in the sea near Caltanisetta to recover assorted archaeological items which appear to be associated with several periods and several (?) shipwrecks (and, to judge from the divers, a crime of some sort). Artifacts are said to come from Roman, Greco-Hellenistic, and Byzantine periods. The only artifact that is specified as being recovered is an intact Byzantine patera, inscribed with a dove.
- Reperti archeologici riaffiorati dal mare (Corriere di Gela)
- Gela, scoperto sott’acqua un sito archeologico (La Repubblica)
- Gela: Carabinieri scoprono sito archeologico sottomarino con reperti (L’Unione Sarda)
- ARCHEOLOGIA: CC RECUPERANO PREZIOSI REPERTI NEL MARE DI GELA (AGI)
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