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Serbian Coal Miners Just Accidentally Unearthed This Ancient Roman Ship
Serbian coal miners just stumbled upon the 1,700-year-old remains of a Roman ship that once supplied the distant reaches of ...
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Ship Shaking Device, Syracuse, 214 BCE
The ship-shaking device was invented by the great mathematician and inventor Archimedes around 214 BCE. The Carthaginians used the device to ward off potential invasions by Roman ships. With the help ...
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Caesarea, a Late Roman Ship
Zerbini eds. Ad ripam fluminis Danuvi (Papers of the 3rd International Conference on the Roman Danubian Provinces Vienna, 11th–14th November 2015) (Tyche Supplementband 11). Viena. Pp. 181– 198.
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Roman Bilge Pump Bearing
One of two cast bronze bearings from the bilge pump of a Roman ship which caught fire and sank in St Peter Port harbour around AD280. Of surprisingly modern appearance, such bearings are known ...