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Wow, it's remarkably well preserved, isn't it.....any soil analysis done?
A person could make a fortune selling it as youth/anti ageing formula!
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Quote:"15m beneath the surface of the "Alter Markt" the remains of a roman ship have been discovered. Not only the oldest, but the most interestening - its a war ship."
Unbelievable that I unsuspectingly drank gallons of beer on top of a Roman war ship. Now I know what went wrong at carnival every year...I had been seasick!
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Quote:Quote:"15m beneath the surface of the "Alter Markt" the remains of a roman ship have been discovered. Not only the oldest, but the most interestening - its a war ship."
Jasper, why did the Roman sail underground? Was this ship possibly part of a new form of public transport? The "navis suburbis" perhaps?
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"Metro navis suburbis"
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Quote:Gaius Julius Caesar:2l51b77i Wrote:Wow, it's remarkably well preserved, isn't it.....any soil analysis done?
A person could make a fortune selling it as youth/anti ageing formula!
I guess the picture shows a reconstruction of one of the "Mainz Ships"
Yep, sorry! :oops: I just couldn't help myself....
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Quote:"15m beneath the surface of the "Alter Markt" the remains of a roman ship have been discovered.
the first "German" submarine :lol:
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