37-41 AD, 2 massive ships built to carry visitors across Lake Nemi for the festival of Diana. ( Isis Cult)
They have a little film on the reconstruction of the ships and also how they recovered them. They were sunk in the lake by the next Emperor and were salvaged in 1932 by draining the lake.
There was a museum on site but the Nazi's burned it down and this is all that was left.
All bronze.
The reconstruction showed 2 very wide boats ( 70 meters, about 225 ft wide) with temples built on it. Very surreal.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nemi_ships
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| A rating with Herms of gods. |
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