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Just read about a port in Pisa tha thas been uncovered, containing aprox 30 ships of various sizes, spanning about 1000 years of roman history.
A skeleton was found on one with his foot caught in a rope, reaching out ot a dog.........
Was a catastrophy
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Where I can find more info? :?: Thanks!
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Great link Alan, I just read about it in the Calgary Herald this morning, not as much info tho'!
Pretty amazing eh?
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From the Times article: "...Almost two millenniums later, his skeleton was..."
Milleniums?! Is the Times a tabloid now because it went train and bus size?
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There's more than a booklet. My parents brought me the exhibition catalog / guide, quite a volume called Le navi antiche di Pisa