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Italian divers have discovered the 2,100-year-old wreck of a Roman ship off Sicily, piled high with hundreds of well-preserved ancient clay jars, known as amphorae, which were likely used to transport wine.The wreck, dubbed by Italy's Culture Minister Alessandro Giuli as "one of the most important underwater archaeological discoveries of recent years", was found some three miles off the coast of Mazara del Vallo.Divers from the cultural heritage protection arm of Palermo's police said Saturday they had located the ship, thought to date to between the 2nd and 1st centuries BC, some 150 feet down, after a tip-off from fishermen. Scoperto al largo di Mazara del Vallo un relitto romano del II-I sec a.C., con centinaia di anfore.«Una delle più importanti scoperte archeologiche subacquee degli ultimi anni», dichiara il Min Giuli, congratulandosi con @_Carabinieri_ Nucleo TPC e SopMare della Regione Sicilia pic.twitter.com/H1JbfX8MzF— Ministero della Cultura (@MiC_Italia) August 8, 2026 In an Instagram post, underwater fishermen Giacomo De Mola described seeing "something" on his boat's underwater scanner which resembled a rock. De Mola said he decided to dive and investigate anyway, when...