Roman remains have been found in the waters of the island of Pianosa: an extraordinary archaeological discovery thanks to a robot

Amphorae, marble and bricks from the Roman era: the hidden treasure at a depth of 640 meters returned to light thanks to an underwater robot.

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Amphorae, marble and bricks, all from the Roman era. It is the hidden treasure at a depth of 640 meters in the waters of the island of Pianosa, in the wonderful Tuscan Archipelago, brought back to light thanks to the skilful work of an underwater robot.

"He is  Multipluto-2 and it is an ROV, a Remotely Operated Vehicle that has the merit of having unveiled that little treasure perfectly preserved in a pit in the abyss at -31 °.

A load that dates back to the second or first century BC, identified in an operation that saw the collaboration of the Department of Humanities of the Ca 'Foscari University and Guido Gay, owner engineer of the Actionmare Foundation and producer and pilot in remote of underwater robots exploring wrecks in depth.

The thousands of frames captured by the robot show in detail a large number of well-preserved artifacts probably attributable to a Roman transport.

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Already last August, the Multipluto abyssal ROV dived on the Dae37 wreck a few miles northwest of the Gorgona island, at a depth of 280 m, to film what was the load of marble transported by a Roman ship.

Then the images taken by the Multiputo clearly showed the squared blocks of marble, perhaps coming from the quarries of Carrara, and in particular a large rough block 8 m long, 3,5 wide, more than 2 high and weighing over 100 tons.

THE CA 'FOSCARI UNIVERSITY OF VENICE STUDIES THE MARBLE AND THE AMPHORAS OF THE DAE37 WRECK On August 16, 2020 the abyssal ROV…

Posted by Actionmare Foundation on Tuesday, August 25, 2020

The amphorae, landed in Capraia for the desalination and conservation operations, indicate that it was a ship from the Republican era (XNUMXnd century BC - XNUMXst century BC) which presumably came from the port of Luni and was headed for Rome.

Sources: Focus / Action Sea

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