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==History==

==History==

Diving for [[sponge]]s and black [[coral]] at a depth of 140&nbsp;ft, Elias Stadiatos reported disturbing visions of "dead, naked women."<ref name="Rice" /> Subsequent dives discovered a treasure trove of ancient [[marble]] statues. The Greek [[government]] was informed of the find and many artifacts were recovered from the wreck the following year. The haul included the [[statue]]s, jewelry, and what appeared to be several pieces of corroded [[bronze]]. Under the belief that these pieces were fragments of a larger statue, they were filed away in the depths of the National Archaeological Museum in [[Athens]], while the rest of the artifacts were placed on display. It would be years later that the shipwreck and cargo would be dated to about 65 B.C., sinking off Antitythera while on a voyage from the eastern Greek islands of Rhodes or Cos; it had been speculated that the ship may have been bound for Rome.<ref>http://www.world-mysteries.com/sar_4.htm</ref>

Diving for [[sponge]]s and black [[coral]] at a depth of 140&nbsp;ft, Elias Stadiatos reported disturbing visions of "dead, naked women."<ref name="Rice" /> Subsequent dives discovered a treasure trove of ancient [[marble]] statues. The Greek [[government]] was informed of the find and many artifacts were recovered from the wreck the following year. The haul included the [[statue]]s, jewelry, and what appeared to be several pieces of corroded [[bronze]]. Under the belief that these pieces were fragments of a larger statue, they were filed away in the depths of the National Archaeological Museum in [[Athens]], while the rest of the artifacts were placed on display.

 

The shipwreck and cargo are dated to about 65 B.C. It sank off Antitythera while on a voyage from Rhodes. Cicero mentions a workshop in Rhodes headed by Poseidonius which produced mechanisms of this type.<ref>"[https://www.researchgate.net/publication/259274448_The_Antikythera_Mechanism_IIQ_is_it_Posidonius'_Orrery The Antikythera Mechanism IIQ is it Posidonius' Orrery?]"</ref> It has been speculated that the ship may have been bound for Rome.<ref>http://www.world-mysteries.com/sar_4.htm</ref>

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