Archaeologist by chance in Sardinia: journalist goes to the beach and finds amphora from 200-400 AD.

Going for a swim in the beautiful sea of Sardinia and discovering an amphora from the Roman imperial era: what might seem like a dream happened to a journalist, Gianna Barbero Pronzati, who on August 9, during an early morning swim (around 8:30 a.m.) on the beach of Porto Paglia in Arzachena, came across the find. Recounting the details on social media was her daughter Cristina: the journalist, who is originally from Piedmont but has lived in Sardinia since 1978 and worked for years for local television stations, found the amphora twelve meters from the shore and managed to bring it to the beach on her own. Barbero Pronzati then immediately took action to report the discovery to the appropriate bodies.

The Municipality of Arzachena let it be known that the amphora, found as mentioned on the beach of Porto Paglia, a short distance from Porto Cervo, could be dated to 200-400 A.D. (it almost certainly must have been used to transport oil), and that the bodies in charge of studying, preserving the find, and dealing with the necessary bureaucratic formalities (the Superintendence, the Carabinieri, and the Port Authority) were promptly notified. Subsequently, the amphora was transported to the offices of the Coast Guard in Porto Cervo in a transport carried out, on the instructions of the Superintendence, by the Costa Smeralda Consortium and the Harbour Master’s Office in maximum security.

Archaeologist by chance in Sardinia: journalist goes to the beach and finds amphora from 200-400 AD.

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