DVD
Lost ships of Rome
Languages
English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.
Performers
Narrator, Liev Schreiber.
Publication Information
[Boston] : PBS Distribution, [2011]
Physical Description
1 videodisc (ca. 60 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Audience
Not rated.
Added Uniform Title
Summary
In 2009, a team of marine archaeologists carrying out a sonar survey of the seabed around the remote Italian island of Ventotene made an astonishing discovery. The wrecks of five ancient Roman ships were found in pristine condition, each one fully laden with exotic goods. Remarkably, much of the cargo remained exactly as the ancient Roman crews had loaded it, suggesting that these ships had not capsized but had gone to the bottom of the sea intact and upright.
Notes
Title from container.
Originally broadcast on PBS in 2010 as an episode of the television series Secrets of the dead.