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Ses Fontanelles

24 August, 2022

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In the summer of 2019, a resident of Palma de Mallorca who has the habit of swimming every morning on s’Arenal beach, discovered by chance one of the most important underwater archaeological sites from late Roman times in our country.

Félix immediately reported the finding to the Island Council of Mallorca heritage department, who, given the relevance of this find, requested the IBEAM to carry out an emergency archaeological intervention to assess the archaeological potential and the state of conservation of this vessel.

The results exceeded all expectations. The ship dated from the 3rd-4th century AD and was coming from Cartagena, and not only did it contain all its cargo almost fully preserved but also the structural remains of the vessel itself were kept in an exceptional state of conservation.

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