Wednesday, February 1, 2017

Amazing that some of those pots survived

Byzantine shipwreck from the end of 4th century (Yenikapi,Turkey). The ship was loaded with pickled fry (a type of small fish), almonds, walnuts, hazels, muskmelon seeds, olives, peaches and pine cones and roman sauce - garum. 



5 comments:

  1. Hi CW Off topic related to the sierra snows

    http://www.mercurynews.com/2017/02/01/sierra-nevada-snowpack-is-biggest-in-22-years-and-more-is-on-the-way/#comments


    The comments are worth scrolling. :-)

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    1. Thanks for the link, and yes, I can confirm that the snow is deep and full of water.

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    2. Loved the comments! They show that there are still some sane people in CA (besides our gracious host, of course!)

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  2. Hard to imagine what it took to do that kind of wood work all those centuries ago.
    Some of that is pretty intricate.

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