Garum

  • This is a rather good one on the excavation and recovery of artifacts from a shipwreck of Ventotene, which also includes a nice segment on the making of garum, inter alia. For background on the discovery back in 2009: Roman Shipwrecks of Ventotene

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  • Image via Wikipedia Starting the summer blogging season with a brief item from ANSA: The wreck of a Roman ship from the first century AD which is still whole and has over 500 wide-mouthed amphorae onboard has been discovered to the south of the island of Panarea. The discovery, which was made by the Sea…

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