The team also have uncovered large numbers of amphorae that will have carried food supplies and the tableware used by the shipmates, says Oliveri. "We are finding so many things that help to illustrate a little better the world of the 3rd Century BC," she says. "It"s the first site of a naval battle, in the world, that has been scientifically documented like this, and it will continue to be documented – because the area of interest is very large… It will take at least another 20 years to explore it fully."