Ancient industrial hub discovered at Greek islet
Archaeologists have discovered evidence of organised metal-working at the island of Keros in the Cyclades, Greece.
Archaeologists have discovered evidence of organised metal-working at the island of Keros in the Cyclades, Greece.
Underwater archaeologists uncovered fragments of bronze statues, matching part of the original mechanism, and a section of the wooden hull revisiting the famous 1st-century BC shipwreck near Antikythera island off southern Greece discovered more than a century ago.
Lord Elgin’s ship, The Mentor, which sunk overladen off the island of Kythera in 1802, carrying the Parthenon marbles to Britain, slowly reveals its cargo as underwater archaeologists study the wreckage.