Re: Huge Roman shipwreck
Laval Hunsucker <[email protected]> Wed, 18 Dec 2019 19:12:18 +0100
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And while we're now again on the topic of Roman shipwrecks --- How about this question ? : What do Roman shipwrecks have to do not only with the fields of classical archaeology and ancient history, but also with the field of particle physics ?? Nothing, you say ? ( As I, too, may have, until recently . ) Well, there apparently is indeed an important connection, as this article by Robin George Andrews for _The Atlantic_ of 25 October this year points out : "Why the Search for Dark Matter Depends on Ancient Shipwrecks" online at : https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=3Dhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.the= atlantic.com%2Fscience%2Farchive%2F2019%2F10%2Fsearch-dark-matter-depends-a= ncient-shipwrecks%2F600718%2F&data=3D02%7C01%7CCLASSICS-L%40lsv.uky.edu= %7C038df862f067415b3a4e08d783e5d82e%7C2b30530b69b64457b818481cb53d42ae%7C0%= 7C0%7C637122895515413153&sdata=3DNbrp2X8lUdEvjazssZbLh5gip%2BNkmMxVL2F7= N5PclIA%3D&reserved=3D0 . Who'd-a-thunk ? - Laval Hunsucker On Mon, Dec 16, 2019 at 7:44 PM Szegedy-Maszak, Andrew < [email protected]> wrote: It was carrying thousands of amphorae: > > > https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=3Dhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.c= nn.com%2Ftravel%2Farticle%2Froman-shipwreck-kefalonia-fiskardo%2Findex.html= &data=3D02%7C01%7CCLASSICS-L%40lsv.uky.edu%7C038df862f067415b3a4e08d783= e5d82e%7C2b30530b69b64457b818481cb53d42ae%7C0%7C0%7C637122895515423142&= sdata=3DOIRWCH4rFftlIqb912Om4k9E9eewMxk6XlAXcN6ThIg%3D&reserved=3D0 > > > > > > > Andrew Szegedy-Maszak > Professor of Classical Studies > Jane A. Seney Professor of Greek > Wesleyan University > Middletown, CT 06459 > ph: 860.685.2065 > fax: 860.685.2089 >