意大利的警察在例行水下搜查中有了一个意外的发现：2000年后，古代罗马的文物仍然静静地躺在海底。
Police officers on a routine dive in Italy recently made an unusual discovery recently: ancient Roman artifacts resting on the seabed, 2,000 years later.
据新闻机构 Cover Images 报道，这些文物是在地中海中的撒丁岛（Sardinia）的 Porto Rotondo 海岸附近被发现的。这一发现由萨萨里（Sassari）警察局于8月底宣布。
The artifacts were uncovered off the coast of Porto Rotondo in Sardinia, an Italian island in the Mediterranean Sea, news agency Cover Images reported. The discovery was announced by the Sassari Police Headquarters in late August.
这些潜水员是在奥尔比亚（Olbia）执行水下安全任务时发现这些文物的。他们最初发现了一块破碎的赤陶碎片，于是决定再次下潜，结果发现了那些几乎完好无损的古代船只。这一发现促使他们对该区域进行了更彻底的考古搜索。
DIVERS UNCOVER HUNDREDS OF ANCIENT RELICS NEAR SHIPWRECK UNTOUCHED FOR 2,100 YEARS The officers were based in Olbia, Sardinia. They spotted the ancient objects while conducting an underwater safety operation. They first noticed a piece of broken terracotta — prompting them to return for a second dive, when they discovered the largely intact vessels.
官员们表示：“通过细致的挖掘工作，我们成功识别并打捞出了三件完整的赤陶文物，其中还包括一个用于运输的容器，以及其他一些小物件。”
The find led divers to conduct a more detailed search of the area for other archaeological objects.
然而，警察的行动突然发生了意想不到的转折——他们在海底发现了一个古代墓穴。这些文物已被记录下来，并交给了相关的考古部门。照片显示，警察潜水员正在检查撒丁岛海域的海底以及那些沉在水中的古代陶器。其中一张照片中，一个完好的双耳瓶（amphora）静静地躺在厚厚的海草丛中；另一张照片则记录了一名警察潜水员正在检查一个表面布满沉积物的古代船只。在古代，双耳瓶被用来运输各种物品，如葡萄酒、橄榄油和谷物。
"Careful dredging action allowed the identification and subsequent recovery of three intact terracotta artifacts, specifically a transport basin, along with other minor items," officials said, as Cover Images noted. POLICE OPERATION TAKES UNEXPECTED TURN WHEN OFFICERS STUMBLE UPON ANCIENT BURIAL CAVE "The artifacts were recorded and made available to the competent Archaeological Superintendent." Pictures show police divers examining the seabed and ancient pottery submerged in the waters off Sardinia. One image shows an intact amphora nestled among thick seagrass on the seafloor — while another shows a police diver examining a large, heavily encrusted vessel. In the ancient world, amphorae were used to transport a variety of materials, including wine, olive oil and grain.
警方推测，这些文物的年代大约介于罗马共和国灭亡与罗马帝国建立之间。
Police said the artifacts appear to date to the period spanning the fall of the Roman Republic and the beginning of the Roman Empire.
根据Cover Images的报道，官员表示：“从初步分析来看，推测这些物品可能追溯至公元前1世纪下半叶至公元1世纪之间，潜在产地可能与拉齐奥、坎帕尼亚或伊比利亚半岛有关。”
"From a preliminary analysis, it is hypothesized that the items may date back to a time frame between the second half of the 1st century B.C. and the 1st century A.D., with a potential origin area that can be linked to Lazio, Campania or the Iberian Peninsula," officials said, according to Cover Images.
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CLICK HERE FOR MORE LIFESTYLE NEWS Looking ahead, specialists will examine the vessels to glean more information about them, including their precise age and origin.
研究人员还将确定这些器皿是否来自更大的考古遗址——以及是否还有更多文物等待发掘。
Researchers will also determine whether the vessels came from a larger archaeological site — and if more artifacts await discovery.
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Though extraordinary, such discoveries are not unheard of in Italy.
今年早些时候，意大利当局宣布在爱奥尼亚海发现一艘仍装载着陶罐货物的罗马商船沉船。
Earlier this year, Italian authorities announced the discovery of a Roman merchant shipwreck still carrying its cargo of amphorae in the Ionian Sea.
当时官员表示，该沉船于2025年6月在一次例行海上巡逻中，在普利亚海岸外被发现。
At the time, officials said the shipwreck had been discovered off the coast of Apulia during a routine maritime patrol in June 2025.
这艘船只被定年为晚期帝国时期，大致跨越公元284年至641年。
The vessel was dated to the late Imperial era, which spanned roughly 284 A.D. to 641 A.D.