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Outrage as 2,200-year-old shipwreck looted off French Riviera

Some amphorae were taken away by the looters. © P. Soubias CCJ/ CNRS

The sunken wreck of an ancient trading ship that lay undiscovered at the bottom of the Mediterranean for more than 2,000 years has been damaged and looted since being discovered by archaeologists, French authorities said Wednesday.

The ship, named Fort Royal 1, is thought to have sunk off the coast of Cannes on the French Riviera during the second century BC.

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