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Human skeleton discovered at Antikythera shipwreck after more than 2,000
Daily Mail ^ | Sept 19, 2016 | By Associated Press and Cheyenne Macdonald

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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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Education; History; Science
KEYWORDS: ancientgreece; antikythera; antikytheramechanism; archaeology; godsgravesglyphs; greece; history; shipwreck
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To: SunkenCiv

That’s where I left the darned thing.


21 posted on 11/23/2017 1:49:06 PM PST by Silentgypsy (If the world were flat, cats would have knocked everything off the edge already.)
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To: lonevoice

WOW! There are so many ancient discoveries happening these last couple of weeks. Put that together with all the earthquakes, sky booms, and fireballs, UFOs, etc. it may be that the End Times are near.


22 posted on 11/23/2017 3:09:28 PM PST by Pride in the USA
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