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Photo by Ilana Herzig
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Italian archaeologists have uncovered evidence of smuggling between North Africa and Italy on a third-century a.d. shipwreck off the west coast of Sicily. The most complete Roman ship ever found, the 52-by-16-foot merchant vessel was carrying amphorae filled with walnuts, figs, olives, wine, oil, and fish sauce from Tunisia to Rome when it sank.
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Courtesy Cosimo Monteleone, Rachele Bernardello, and Paolo Borin