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Diving for [[sponge]]s and black [[coral]] at a depth of 140 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.
Diving for [[sponge]]s and black [[coral]] at a depth of 140 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>
Cicero mentions a mechanism of this type: "Suppose a traveller carried into Scythia or Britain the orrery recently constructed by our friend Poseidonius, which at each revolution reproduces the same motions of the sun, the moon, and the five planets that take place in the heavens every day and night, would any single native doubt that this orrery was the work of a rational being?"<ref name="Rice" />
Poseidonius had a workshop in Rhodes. The shipwreck and cargo are dated to about 65 B.C. It sank off Antitythera while on a voyage from Rhodes. The ship may have been bound for Rome or Epirus in northwestern Greece.<ref>http://www.world-mysteries.com/sar_4.htm</ref>
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