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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.
The artefact was among wreckage retrieved from a shipwreck off the coast of the Greek island Antikythera in 1901. [ 12 ] [ 13 ] In 1902, it was identified by archaeologist Valerios Stais [ 14 ] as containing a gear .
The discoveries by the 'Return To Antikythera' team hint that there may be more treasures to uncover in the area surrounding the famous shipwreck. The arm of a bronze statue was discovered at the ...
The Antikythera Ephebe, registered as Bronze statue of a youth in the museum collections, [1] is a Greek bronze statue of a young man of languorous grace that was found in 1900 by sponge-divers in the area of the ancient Antikythera shipwreck off the island of Antikythera, Greece.
Discovered in a shipwreck off the coast of a small Aegean island called Antikythera in 1901, this sunken, barnacled device was likely built around the beginning of the first century BCE, and ...
A number of artifacts associated with the wrecks were also found, including an amphorae from around 150 A.D., flasks from the Roman period and an ancient stone anchor. ... 3,500-year-old shipwreck ...
The Heracles of Antikythera (Greek: Ηρακλής των Αντικυθήρων) is a large ancient Greek marble sculpture of the Greek hero Heracles, found in the wreck of Antikythera among several other findings, and now housed in the National Archaeological Museum of Athens.
Divers also discovered human remains, marble fragments, pieces of pottery and glassware.