Ancient Roman ship laden with wine jars discovered off Sicily

Re:Ancient Roman ship laden with wine jars discovered off Si... by unholythree on Wednesday August 04, 2021 @06:38AM (#28059439)

From your Wikipedia link:

> Restoration taking place in 2014-2015 has been suspended after several major works were botched and local media brought it to the attention of the public.

That’s too bad, I’ve heard of that happening with paintings fairly frequently. I wish institutions that weren’t experienced in restoration work would just focus on preservation, mostly climate control and protection from UV exposure.

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Re:Ancient Roman ship laden with wine jars discovered off Si... by stevenspasbo on Wednesday August 04, 2021 @10:40AM (#28061540)

There was a famous case of this not too long ago. The painting was "only" from 1930.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecce_Homo_(Mart%C3%ADnez_and_G...

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Re:Ancient Roman ship laden with wine jars discovered off Si... by robotnikman on Wednesday August 04, 2021 @11:29AM (#28062155)

I remember when that happened. News of it spread all over the internet and it became known as the 'potato Jesus' meme.

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