Posted on 09/20/2016 3:08:48 AM PDT by Islander7
Full title: Human skeleton discovered at Antikythera shipwreck after more than 2,000 years at the bottom of the sea
Buried beneath sand and the fragments of ancient pottery, researchers have discovered the 2,000-year-old remains of a sailor who died upon the ill-fated 'Antikythera ship.'
Archaeologists have investigated the famous shipwreck off a tiny Greek island for which it's named for over a century, revealing a trove of remarkable artefacts – including the mysterious 'Antikythera Mechanism,' thought to be a 'guide to the galaxy.'
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Ping to The Bones of Greece.
Do they suspect foul play?
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How is that possible? They can’t find any bones on ships that sank even 80 years ago.
Buried in sand and muck.
The Antikythera mechanism is an ancient analogue computer and orrery used to predict astronomical positions and eclipses for calendrical and astrological purposes, as well as the Olympiads, the cycles of the ancient Olympic Games.
it looks like a steering wheel for an Atari game. I’m going with that
He is now a registered Democrat.
I was thinking it looked like a hatch like you would you see on submarines. Probably because I never had an Atari game. 8>)
The remains were thought to be of the ship’s doctor, who went by the nickname “Bones” while serving aboard ship.
No doubt it will be voting for Hillary.
Jimmy Hoffa?
What do they know about Hillary??
Thanks, will add and ping, here’s the earlier one:
Human skeleton found on famed Antikythera shipwreck
nature | 19 September 2016 | Jo Marchant
Posted on 09/19/2016 5:44:00 PM PDT by BenLurkin
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3471236/posts
For a century since its discovery in an ancient shipwreck, the exact function of the mysterious 'Antikythera Mechanism' was impossible to decipher because only tiny parts of its text were understood.
From a few words deciphered on the twisted, corroded fragments of bronze gears and plates, experts guessed the relic was an astronomical instrument.
But much more remained hidden out of sight.
After more than a decade's efforts using cutting-edge scanning equipment, an international team of scientists has now read about 3,500 characters of explanatory text - a quarter of the original - in the innards of the 2,100-year-old remains.
They say it was a kind of philosopher's guide to the galaxy, and perhaps the world's oldest mechanical computer
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