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Skeleton found at the Antikythera shipwreck

By T.K. Randall
September 20, 2016 · Comment icon 2 comments

The skeleton was found buried under the sand. Image Credit: YouTube / Return to Antikythera
Divers have unearthed 2,000-year-old skeletal remains within the wreckage of a Roman-era cargo ship.
Discovered by divers off the Greek island of Antikythera over 100 years ago, the shipwreck was where the famous Antikythera Mechanism - an ancient astronomical 'computer' - was found.

Now marine archaeologists working at the site have revealed that they have also uncovered the skeletal remains of one of the ship's crew members.

The skeleton was found buried beneath sand and debris around 165ft below the surface and appears to be surprisingly well-preserved considering how long it has remained there.
If enough genetic material has survived intact it may even be possible for scientists to conduct a DNA analysis of the remains and learn a lot more about where this person originally came from.

"Archaeologists study the human past through the objects our ancestors created," said marine archaeologist Brendan Foley of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI).

"With the Antikythera Shipwreck, we can now connect directly with this person who sailed and died aboard the Antikythera ship."



Source: Gizmodo | Comments (2)




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Comment icon #1 Posted by MJNYC 8 years ago
Great video.  Love this. Thank you. 
Comment icon #2 Posted by paperdyer 8 years ago
Great discovery!


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