7/12/2018
The researchers first quoted in your article (Romans had whale industry, research suggests, 11 July) have made a very bold extrapolation from very ...
By Gabriella Peralta and John von Radowitz. A forgotten Roman whaling industry may have killed off two large species of whale in the Mediterranean ...
7/11/2018
As Ruth Schuster at Haaretz reports, bones of both cetaceans were found near Gibraltar, indicating that the whales ranged much further afield, even ...
The authors speculate that a commercial whaling operation may have ... If Romans were whaling at an industrial level, whale populations in the region ...
The discovery of the whale bones in the ruins of a Roman fish processing factory located at the strait of Gibraltar also hints at the possibility that the ...
July 11 (UPI) -- Until now, scientists thought the Mediterranean Sea was outside the historical range of the right and gray whale. But 2,000-year-old ...
The finding suggests right and gray whales were “common” in the North Atlantic 2,000 years ago, likely navigating the strait to calve in the temperate ...
The Roman Empire used to dine on whale fished from the Mediterranean Sea — the two species have, since then, virtually disappeared from the area ...
7/10/2018
Whale bones unearthed at Roman ruins suggest the animals were hunted by humans as long as 2,000 years ago. Genetic fingerprinting evidence ...
PARIS: Ancient Roman hunters may have precipitated the disappearance of grey and right whales from the Mediterranean, a study said Wednesday, ...
Ancient bones found at Roman archaeological sites reveal that two whale species have been lost from the Med. The Mediterranean was a haven ...
Whale-spotting is less a Mediterranean pastime than swatting mosquitoes, but the sea does have whales. It had even more before the ancient ...
Bones from whales that have not swum the Mediterranean Sea for 2,000 years suggest a forgotten Roman whaling industry may have driven these ...
Paris (AFP) - Ancient Roman hunters may have precipitated the disappearance of grey and right whales from the Mediterranean, a study said ...
Both species of whale are migratory, and their presence east of Gibraltar is a strong indication that they previously entered the Mediterranean Sea to ...
A forgotten Roman whaling industry may have killed off two large species of whale in the Mediterranean Sea, new research suggests. Whale bones ...
Was this how two of the Mediterranean's whale species became extinct? Scientists have uncovered the bones of right and grey whales, neither of ...
Ancient bones found around the Strait of Gibraltar suggest that the Romans might have had a thriving whaling industry, researchers have claimed.
By Alison George. They are 15 metres long and weigh around 40 tonnes, but two species of whale are mysteriously absent from the Mediterranean ...