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Gemma Smith and Brendan Foley excavating Antikythera shipwreck.

Gemma Smith and Brendan Foley excavating Antikythera shipwreck.
Gemma Smith and Brendan Foley excavating Antikythera shipwreck.
Gemma Smith and Brendan Foley excavating Antikythera shipwreck.
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Gemma Smith and Brendan Foley excavating Antikythera shipwreck.
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09/08/2015
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Shipwreck is dated circa 65 BC, depth 52m/170ft.
Image Of the Day caption:
Divers excavate artifacts during ongoing excavations of a ship that sank around 65 B.C. off the Greek island of Antikythera in the Aegean Sea. In August 2016, archaeologists and technical experts from WHOI and the Hellenic Ministry of Culture and Sports found a human skull, with jaw and teeth; an arm, leg, rib bones; and other remains. If enough viable DNA is preserved in the bones, scientists could identify the ethnicity, geographic origin, and other characteristics of the 2,100-year-old shipwreck victim. The bones may have been preserved because the person was buried rapidly in seafloor sediments.
Caption from Oceanus magazine, Vol. 52, No. 1, pg. 12:
Archaeologists join specialist divers using advanced technical diving equipment to excavate a shipwreck off the Greek island of Antikythera. Below, WHOI scientist Brendan Foley finds a childs gold ring, one of many luxury artifacts recovered from the seafloor.
Photo by Brett Seymour, EUA/ARGO
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