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Remarkable Underwater Discovery: Well-Preserved 2,000-Year-Old Skeleton Found In Ancient Antikythera Shipwreck

Well-Preserved 2,000-Year-Old Skeleton Found In Ancient Antikythera Shipwreck

MessageToEagle.com – The Antikythera shipwreck is today most famous for the amazing 2,000-year-old computer that ‘saw onto future’.

The ship resting underwater near the small island of Antikythera, 25 miles northwest of Crete has been of great interest to archaeologists. So far, more than 50 spectacular artifacts have been recovered from the ancient shipwreck resting under the ocean.

Pieces of the Antikythera Mechanism are photographed at the Archaeological Museum in Athens. The device consisted of a series of intricate, interlocking gears designed to predict eclipses and calculate the positions of the sun, moon and planets as they swept across the vault of the sky. Louisa Gouliamaki / AFP/Getty Images

Earlier this year, divers came across an ancient torpedo-shaped cylinder. According to scientists this very heavy, metal cylinder offers new insights into the maritime warfare of ancient times.

Divers have recovered over 50 ancient artifacts from the Antikythera shipwreck. Image credit: Brett Seymour/EUA/WHOI/ARGO

Now, underwater archaeologists have made a new remarkable discovery. An international group of archaeologists led by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution and the Hellenic Ministry of Culture and Sports has discovered a 2,050-year-old human skeleton in good condition. It is astonishing the skeleton is still preserved after spending so many years underwater.

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“Against all odds, the bones survived over 2,000 years at the bottom of the sea and they appear to be in fairly good condition, which is incredible,” said DNA expert Dr Hannes Schroeder.

Remains of an ancient skeleton discovered in Antikythera Shipwreck
Photo by Brett Seymour © whoi.edu

A human skull, including jaw and teeth, as well as the bones of arms, legs and ribs have been excavated while other portions of the skeleton remain embedded in the seafloor.



Archaeologists are hoping DNA can be extracted from the bones found on the Antikythera shipwreck to give an insight into the ethnicity and geographic origin of the passengers who died when their ship sank near the Greek island around 65 BC.

How many more ancient treasures are still resting under the ocean awaiting our discovery?

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