[Red Badger]

Greek technical diver Alexandros Sotiriou discovers an intact "lagynos" ceramic table jug and a bronze rigging ring on the Antikythera Shipwreck. Credit: Brett Seymour, Copyright: Return to Antikythera 2014

Return to Antikythera project chief diver Philip Short inspects the bronze spear recovered from the Antikythera Shipwreck. Credit: Brett Seymour, Copyright: Return to Antikythera 2014

[Red Badger]

PinGGG!.........................

[Pollster1]

2,000 year old Greek bronze spear ping.

[RetiredArmy]

Naw. That giant spear belonged to a Nephilim giant, maybe Goliath.

[DoughtyOne]

I love this stuff. The surprisingly complex Antikythera Mechanism alone captures my intense interest.

Wow. The machining on that thing alone is incredibly impressive.

[Chainmail]

Amazing find!

[DoughtyOne]

the surprisingly complex Antikythera Mechanism

Wikipedia entry

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antikythera_mechanism

(see photo of reproduction down on the right, click to enlarge)

Antikythera Mechanism

http://www.world-mysteries.com/sar_4.htm

Scientists Unravel Mystery of Ancient Greek Machine

http://www.livescience.com/1166-scientists-unravel-mystery-ancient-greek-machine.html

[mylife]

World Of Wonders...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ycZP9LJqi3k

[WayneS]

The wreck is too deep to dive safely using regular scuba equipment, so the divers had to use rebreather technology, in which carbon dioxide is scrubbed from the exhaled air while oxygen is introduced and recirculated.

Yet it was discovered by sponge divers in 1900.

What kind of SCUBA gear do you suppose they had?

[beebuster2000]

great post. thanks.

[SunkenCiv]

Another prospective topic, meanwhile, nice sidebar:

Ancient Sailors Made Sacrifices on Ships
http://news.discovery.com/history/archaeology/ancient-mediterranean-sailors-made-sacrifices-on-ships-141014.htm