I finally read about that shipwreck off the coast of Greece and it blew my mind

So I was looking into the Antikythera shipwreck from way back in 1900, and I found out they pulled a bronze arm from the sea that later matched a statue called the Antikythera Youth. But the wild part is that the ship itself sank around 60 BC, and they still keep finding new stuff every time they dive down there. Last year they even found human bones that let them do DNA tests on ancient sailors. I didn't realize how much technology has changed underwater digs in the last 10 years. Has anyone else been following the recent work at that site? I want to know what else they pulled up.

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violag808h ago

blew my mind" is right, it's totally wild how much they keep finding down there.

keith2748h ago

Hey @violag80, what do you think they'll find next down there that'll mess with everything we thought we knew?

quinnm774h ago

That whole site really shows how much we keep missing things right under our noses, even with all our fancy tech. Your mileage may vary but in my experience it's like cleaning out a garage you think you know every box in there, then you find a whole toolbox you forgot about behind a shelf. The DNA stuff especially makes me wonder what other old bones they'll test and what trips up our history books. Human remains change everything because they bring real stories instead of just guesses about who those sailors were.