February 2012
18 posts
Argentine advice for Greece: ‘Default Now!’ — RT →
Greece and those wild and crazy guys at the... →
Ancient Greek Pills Found in Greek Shipwreck →
In 130 BC, a ship fashioned from the wood of walnut trees, bulging with medicines and Syrian glassware, sank off the coast of Tuscany, Italy. Archaeologists found its precious load 20 years ago and now, for the first time, archaeobotanists have been able to examine and analyse pills that were prepared by the physicians of ancient Greece.
DNA analyses show that each millennia-old tablet is a...
