Short Stuff: Brazilian Jars

In this episode, Josh and Chuck dive into the fascinating mystery of Roman jars mysteriously discovered in the waters off Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in the 1970s. When underwater archaeologist Robert Marx examined hundreds of ancient amphora vessels dredged up by fishermen, it seemed like undeniable evidence that Romans had reached Brazil over a thousand years before European exploration—a discovery that would completely rewrite history. However, the investigation takes a wild turn when a freediver claims the jars were actually his own replicas that he planted there decades earlier, leaving listeners to wonder what really happened and whether this could have been either the greatest archaeological find ever or an elaborate hoax.