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Mysterious contents of opened jar from Palmwood Wreck baffle scientists

Mysterious contents of opened jar from Palmwood Wreck baffle scientists

Researchers at the Rijkserfgoedlaboratorium in Amsterdam have opened a sealed 17th-century jug recovered from the Palmwood wreck to investigate its mysterious, metallic-looking contents. Although the jug was preserved underwater for four hundred years, experts remain puzzled by the liquid's composition and are currently conducting further laboratory analysis to identify it.

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