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Two lucky scuba divers have stumbled across ancient cargo stolen by Romans and dropped in the Mediterranean Sea.
The cargo, thought to be 2000 years old, was discovered by Edoardo Sbaraini and Gabriele Succi, from Santa Margherita Ligure, Italy, in late November last year.
They were surveying waters of the coast of Portofino when noticed 15 Gallic amphoras, or pottery, half submerged in the sand.
The divers immediately informed the local Soprintendenza Archeologica (Department of Antiquities), and the first ceramic jug was picked up from the ocean floor on January 10, 2019.