Wreck of 2,000-year-old Roman ship found near Croatia's island of Pag

While diving with a group of tourists near the Croatian island of Pag, Vedran Dorušić, president of the Diving Tourism Organisation at the Croatian Chamber of Economy, stumbled upon a wreck of a Roman ship believed to date to the beginning of the first century BC.

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The wreck was lying completely on the sea floor and was slowly falling apart. Around 600 amphorae are said to be scattered about the wreck.

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Although more investigations will be carried out, it is believed that the ship may have sought shelter from the bura winds in the bay of Simuni on Pag, where there are vestiges of a Roman harbour.

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“The latest archaeological finding in Croatian waters has led the Ministry of Culture, with the cooperation of diving centres, to protect these sites with video surveillance and other measures and to develop new ways to help tourism promotion,” Dorišić is reported to have said.

Source: Croatia Week [August 23, 2018]