Photos: Roman treasure found in Israel-area shipwreck
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Israeli archeologists say two divers have made the country’s biggest discovery of Roman-era artifacts in three decades.
Rare bronze artifacts, part of a large ancient marine cargo of a merchant ship that sank 1,600 years ago are shown during a presentation of the Israel Antiquities Authority in Caesarea, Israel, on May 16, 2016.
(Dan Balilty / AP)Israeli archeologists say two divers have made the country’s biggest discovery of Roman-era artifacts in three decades.
Rare bronze artifacts, part of a large ancient marine cargo of a merchant ship that sank 1,600 years ago are shown during a presentation of the Israel Antiquities Authority in Caesarea, Israel, on May 16, 2016.
(Dan Balilty / AP)
Jacob Sharvit, director of the Marine Archaeology Unit of the Israel Antiquities Authority, holds a bronze lamp depicting the image of Roman sun god Sol Invictus, in Cesarea, Israel, on May 16, 2016.
(Dan Balilty / AP)
Rare bronze artifacts, part of a large ancient marine cargo of a merchant ship that sank 1,600 years ago, are shown during a presentation of the Israel Antiquities Authority in Caesarea, Israel.
(Dan Balilty / AP)
Rare bronze artifacts, part of a large ancient marine cargo of a merchant ship that sank 1,600 years ago, are shown during a presentation of the Israel Antiquities Authority in Caesarea, Israel, on May 16, 2016.
(Dan Balilty / AP)