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A fishing sinker or plummet is a weight used in conjunction with a fishing lure or hook to increase its rate of sink, anchoring ability, and/or casting distance. Fishing sinkers may be as small as 1 gram (0.035 oz) for applications in shallow water, and even smaller for fly fishing applications, or as large as several pounds (>1 kg) or ...
The Antikythera mechanism ( / ˌæntɪkɪˈθɪərə / AN-tik-ih-THEER-ə, US also / ˌæntaɪkɪˈ -/ AN-ty-kih-) [ 1][ 2] is an Ancient Greek hand-powered orrery (model of the Solar System), described as [weasel words] the oldest known example of an analogue computer [ 3][ 4][ 5] used to predict astronomical positions and eclipses decades in ...
Antikythera wreck. The Antikythera wreck ( Greek: ναυάγιο των Αντικυθήρων, romanized : navágio ton Antikythíron) is a Roman-era shipwreck dating from the second quarter of the first century BC. [ 1][ 2] It was discovered by sponge divers off Point Glyphadia on the Greek island of Antikythera in 1900.
At least six people are dead and seven missing after a fishing vessel carrying 27 onboard sank in the South Atlantic about 200 miles off the coast of the Falkland Islands.
A fishing boat carrying 27 people sank nearly 200 miles (320 kilometers) off the coast of the Falkland Islands, British and Spanish maritime officials said Tuesday, leaving at least six people ...
Archaeologists discovered a small, clay tablet covered in cuneiform in the ancient ruins of Alalah, a major Bronze Age-era city located in present-day Turkey. Researchers have deciphered parts of ...
31. Hawaii, U.S. Aikau, a Hawaiian lifeguard and surfer, disappeared on 17 March 1978 when he was lost at sea while attempting to reach the island of Lanai on a surfboard. The long-distance Hawaiian outrigger, the Hōkūleʻa, on which he was a crew member, began taking on water 20 miles off Molokai.
List of most expensive paintings. Salvator Mundi by Italian artist Leonardo da Vinci ( c. 1500) This is a list of the highest known prices paid for paintings. The record is approximately US$ 450.3 million (which includes commission ), paid for Leonardo da Vinci 's Salvator Mundi ( c. 1500 ). The painting was sold in November 2017, [ 1][ 2 ...