Archaeologists unveil complete Roman ship

Friday, May 16, 2003

DE MEERN, Netherlands -- Archaeologists unveiled the oldest shipwreck ever recovered in the Netherlands on Thursday, an astonishingly well-preserved Roman military transport that sank along the banks of the Rhine 18 centuries ago.

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