Day: January 24, 2013

Pozzino shipwreck: Ancient medicine ingredients probed

January 7, 2013 | BBC NEWS Science & Environment | By Rebecca Morelle | Science reporter, BBC World Service Medicine that is more than 2,000 years old has been analyzed by scientists. Six tablets were discovered in a tin box on-board an ancient Roman shipwreck, found off the coast of Italy. Samples of the fragile material