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Just read about a Roman shipwreck found with jars of fish sauce still inside
Came across an article from the University of Cádiz. They found a wreck off the Spanish coast that's about 2,000 years old. The wild part is the amphorae still had traces of garum, that fermented fish sauce Romans loved. Found it while looking up ancient food trade routes. Has anyone else seen a find that made an ancient daily thing feel real like that?
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abby_morgan185mo ago
Man, that really puts things in perspective. I feel for that sailor @jessem59 mentioned, just doing his normal job before a bad day got way worse. It makes their whole world feel so much closer and real. Stuff like this hits harder than any statue or coin.
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anthonynelson5mo ago
Right? @abby_morgan18, it makes history feel like people, not just dates.
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jessem595mo ago
Garum was basically the ketchup of the Roman world. Imagine some poor sailor two thousand years ago having a bad day, then his lunch condiment becomes a museum piece. It's wild that the thing they probably complained about tasting too fishy is now a huge scientific find. Makes you wonder what future archaeologists will dig up from our time, like a perfectly preserved bottle of ranch dressing.
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