Lost ships of Rome, a Windfall Films production for Thirteen in association with WNET.org and National Geographical Channel
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Lost ships of Rome, a Windfall Films production for Thirteen in association with WNET.org and National Geographical Channel
Language
eng
Characteristic
videorecording
Main title
Lost ships of Rome
Medium
videorecording
Responsibility statement
a Windfall Films production for Thirteen in association with WNET.org and National Geographical Channel
Runtime
60
Series statement
Secrets of the deadPBS
Summary
In 2009, a team of marine archaeologists carrying out a sonar survey of the seabed around the remote Italian island of Ventotene made an astonishing discovery. The wrecks of five ancient Roman ships were found in pristine condition, each one fully laden with exotic goods. Remarkably, much of the cargo remained exactly as the ancient Roman crews had loaded it, suggesting that these ships had not capsized but had gone to the bottom of the sea intact and upright
Technique
live action
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Subject
Is Part Of
Incoming Resources
- Has instance1
Outgoing Resources
- Contributor7
- Genre2
- Subject5
- Is Part Of2