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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.

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.

Cicero describes a mechanism of this type that was built by Poseidonius at a workshop in Rhodes: {{cquote|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" />}}

Cicero describes a mechanism of this type that was built by Poseidonius at a workshop in Rhodes, a Greek island near Anatolia: {{cquote|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" />}}

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>

The shipwreck and cargo are dated to about 65 B.C. It sank off Antitythera while on a voyage from Rhodes.<ref>http://www.world-mysteries.com/sar_4.htm</ref> The mechanism uses a calendar of the Corinthian family. The dates of sporting events in Rhodes and Epirus, a region in northwestern Greece, are marked. This suggests that the mechanism was built in Rhodes and later modified for a client in Epirus.<ref>Paul A. Iversen. “The Calendar on the Antikythera Mechanism and the Corinthian Family of Calendars.” Hesperia: The Journal of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens, vol. 86, no. 1, 2017, pp. 129–203. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/10.2972/hesperia.86.1.0129. Accessed 12 Apr. 2021.</ref>

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