A young beach lifeguard at Latina
south of Rome became an 'accidental archaeologist' when a bather
came across the neck of a Roman amphora poking put of the
shoreline there on Friday.
The lifeguard, 19, immediately retrieved the second-century BCE
artifact with the utmost care, Il Messaggero reported, and
handed it over to the local coast guard service.
Experts said the amphora, which was described as perfectly
preserved, had been washed ashore overnight.
It will probably be housed in a museum in the southern Lazio
city, founded by Benito Mussolini after he drained the Pontine
Marshes in the late 1920s and early 30s.
photo: an amphora recovered from the sea at Naples in 2018
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