Roman Republic

Pollen Reveals Repeated Repairs on 2,200-Year-Old Adriatic Shipwreck

A study of the Ilovik-Paržine 1 wreck off Croatia identified pine tar and a tar-beeswax coating used to protect its hull. Pollen preserved in the materials suggests the vessel was coated or repaired four to five times with substances sourced from different parts of the Adriatic and Mediterranean.