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A ram-to ram collision at Egadi islands

Beneath these blue  waves,  around Egadi Island,north-west off the coast of Trapani, a battlefield has been identified and studied for the first time  ( Egadi Islands Survey Project)* around Levanzo, Marettimo and Favignana  the final battle of the first Punic War took place on 241 BC *founded by professor Sebastiano Tusa and professor Jeff Royal the latest material  recovered from sea-bed  confirm a ram-to-ram collision : 11 (maybe 13) bronze rams, still attached when they sank,  have been found   and could have been belonged both to Romans or Carthaginians. Interesting Greek-Italic amphorae, a few punic ones,  and  bronze helmet,among the artifacts found

the Florio tuna cans

  Did you know that the preservation and commercialization of tuna under olive oil was experimented in Sicily at the Florio tuna fishery in Favignana? Here also the first cans  of tuna with key opening...

very tired...

postcards from Favignana: the caves

  Mostly, inland and by the sea,  the island of Favignana has been used to extract the local stone building material : tufa.  Today just an amazed cliff on what look really like a Carribean sea

Aria di mare ..on your bike

 What a nice idea, isn't it ? ... Why not to paint a fruitcase and use it for your shopping on bike? I took this ph in Favignana  I'm going to paint one for my bike... I'll show you  when It will be done!!

a postcard from Favignana

  before meeting a jellyfish in the wonderful light blue sea in Favignana island!!!!