During a recent expedition at the site of the Antikythera shipwreck, marine archaeologists uncovered about 300 new objects, including 18 marble statue fragments, a previously undiscovered part of ...

As a bonus, they found a second ancient shipwreck just a few hundred meters south of the Antikythera wreck. Foley's team used mixed-gas closed-circuit rebreather technology for their survey ...

The Antikythera Mechanism, widely believed to be the world’s first computer, has had a lasting impact on scientists across ...

The remains of the Roman-era shipwreck—dated to the 1st century B.C.—were fortuitously discovered by sponge divers in 1900 off the coast of Antikythera, a Greek island on the edge of the ...

With its accidental discovery and countless ancient treasures, the Antikythera shipwreck in Greece sounds like something out of a Hollywood movie. Literally. This 2,000-year-old shipwreck inspired ...

A recent excavation at the Antikythera shipwreck, one of the ancient world’s richest and most famous wrecks, has yielded several significant discoveries, including a remarkably intact portion of ...

Fragments of the Antikythera Mechanism at the National Archaeological Museum of Athens. © Zde, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0, via ...

In 1901, researchers discovered what's now known as the Antikythera mechanism in a sunken shipwreck, an ancient artifact that dates back to the second century BC, making it the world's "oldest ...

[Related: Human remains found in 2,000-year-old Antikythera shipwreck.] The team published their combined results in a paper published in the July 2024 issue of Horological Journal. Given that a ...

Discovered in a shipwreck in 1901, the Antikythera Mechanism has remained an enigma for more than a century. Several years ago, CT scans suggested that the 2,000-year-old device was an ...

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Photo from the Swiss School of Archaeology in Greece With its accidental discovery and countless ancient treasures, the Antikythera shipwreck in Greece sounds like something out of a Hollywood movie.