LA SALA DEL MARE
THE ROOM OF THE SEA
(VI century B.C. – VI century A.D.)

It is the first part of the tour and it collects a great number of finds coming from medium-high depth recoveries, from the III century B.C. to the age of the Byzantine trades.

In these rooms it is preserved an important collection of amphorae, bricks and tiles still marked with the seal that denotes their origin.

 

In this way it is testified the leading role of the area of Capo Carbonara inside the system of traffics and exchanges that characterised the Mediterranean since ancient times and that continued even after the Cuccureddus’s Shrine was destroyed.

 

It is also proved the fight between the two cultures, Rome and Carthagine, when they dominated the maritime traffic.

 

Because of its educational importance, it is worth to point out the presence of the reproduction of a Carthaginian ship dating back the III century B.C. and that of an underwater excavation yard where you will find the tools and the techniques used to carry out the survey and the underwater excavations. This section can be found in the room of the Territory that is ideally linked to the room of the Sea.