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Genetic analysis has revealed the contents of an ancient shipwreck dating back to the era of the Roman Republic and Athenian Empire. The cargo was olive oil flavored with oregano.
Beyond discovering ingredients for Italian salad dressing on the sea floor, such research could provide a wealth of insights concerning the everyday life of ancient seafaring civilizations that would otherwise be lost at sea.
Ingredients for Salad Dressing Found in 2,400-year-old Shipwreck
Seeded on Fri Nov 9, 2007 9:44 AM EST
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Sounds like they did eat well back in the days of the Roman Republic. Neat article !
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#2 - Fri Nov 9, 2007 9:59 AM ESTRemind me to pack a meal on that time travel trip back to Rome....Ugh....that sounds almost as good as Lutefisk.
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Yes, ketchup (or catsup, whatever) is derived (eventually) from garum.
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"If you go up into the hills of Greece today, the older generation of women know that adding oregano, thyme or sage not just flavors the oil, but helps preserve it longer," Foley said. The ancient Greeks may have used herbs—and the antioxidants in them—to intentionally help preserve the oil, and possibly accidentally helped preserve the DNA the researchers sampled more than two millennia later.
Interesting tidbit.
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#3 - Fri Nov 9, 2007 10:09 AM ESTIf a time machine was ever invented, I would love to see what ancient Greece was really like.
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