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27.07.2008
 Members of the Cyprus Department of Antiquities recently discovered the remains of a ship loaded with wine, a mile off its southern coast in the Mediterranean Sea. According to department archaeologist Marina Solomidou-Ieronymidou, the ship sank in the mid-4th century B.C. for reasons yet unknown, and contains more than 500 wine amphorae visible on its deck.Solomidou-Ieronymidou said that "the ship was carrying the renowned red wine of Chios, perhaps the most expensive Greek wine of the Classical period," a detail that the archaeologists were able to ascertain based on the distinctive shapes of the amphorae. The shipwreck is one of only a handful of Cypriot archaeological finds from this period. Several of the amphorae are being conserved for display at the island's Larnaca Museum.
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