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Antikythera wreck

An ancient shipwreck lies submerged in clear blue water, its wooden hull and rope remnants visible amidst scattered rocks and debris, illuminated by beams of sunlight filtering through the surface.

The Roman-era shipwreck discovered in 1900 by sponge divers off the coast of Antikythera. The ship sank around 60 BCE while carrying looted Greek art and artifacts — bronzes, marbles, glassware, coins — back to Rome. The wreck was the first major underwater archaeological site ever excavated, and it has been re-surveyed repeatedly since, most recently in 2024, with new finds each time.

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