Cargo on the Ancient Ses Fontanelles Shipwreck Studied
LES MERAVELLES, MAJORCA—According to a Live Science report, analysis of the contents of a Roman shipwreck found in the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of the island of Majorca suggests that many of the 300 amphoras in the cargo were filled with liquamen, a sauce made with whole anchovies and sardines. Miguel Ángel Cau Ontiveros of the University of Barcelona and the Catalan Institution for Research and Advanced Studies said that residues in the labeled jugs on board the fourth centu