{"id":338,"date":"2015-01-21T15:58:32","date_gmt":"2015-01-21T15:58:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/baidun.com\/blog\/?p=338"},"modified":"2015-01-30T02:28:24","modified_gmt":"2015-01-30T02:28:24","slug":"exploration-antikythera","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/baidun.com\/blog\/2015\/01\/exploration-antikythera\/","title":{"rendered":"The Exploration of the Antikythera"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-339\" src=\"http:\/\/baidun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Antikythera-Shipwreck-Discovery-199x300.jpg\" alt=\"Antikythera Shipwreck Discovery\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/baidun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Antikythera-Shipwreck-Discovery-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/baidun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Antikythera-Shipwreck-Discovery-681x1024.jpg 681w, https:\/\/baidun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Antikythera-Shipwreck-Discovery-900x1352.jpg 900w, https:\/\/baidun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Antikythera-Shipwreck-Discovery.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 199px) 100vw, 199px\" \/>Described as the \u201c<em>Titanic<\/em> of the ancient world\u201d, the Antikythera shipwreck that was first discovered in 1900 could very well be the largest ancient shipwreck ever discovered. The crash site is located off the island of Antikythera in the Aegean Sea, and it\u2019s estimated that this ship was smashed against Pinakakia\u2019s rocks around 2,000 years ago. When first discovered in 1900, the exploration of the Antikythera priceless treasures were found, as the ship was carrying jewelry, glassware, Greek statues, amphora\u2019s, terra-cotta lamps, in addition to what now is considered to be the world\u2019s first computer!<\/p>\n<p>At first glance, due to the locations of the artifacts on the sea floor, it looked like it could have been two ships sailing together that were both blown off course into the rocks, and losing control due to the violent sea. However, new evidence and observation points to only ship, and a very big one at that. \u00a0Looking just at the hull planks and the anchors suggests that this was a very large ship, estimated at more than 150 feet in length. Due to the size it is speculated that this could very well have been a grain carrier. In ancient times this type of vessel was the largest to travel the seas, and this ship in particular could have been repurposed to carry just luxury cargo, or was transporting these treasures along with wheat and other grains. However, everything is just speculation, as none of these vessels have been officially found before, but writers in ancient times would often describe how these oversized vessels would often travel from Alexandria to Rome so there\u2019s proof that they did in fact exist. For instance, the Roman satirist Lucian described in his writing one such vessel, the <em>Isis<\/em>, when it docked in Athens. It was also reported that the <em>Syracusia<\/em> would carry pickled fish, wool, grain, flowerbeds, and even a library. The cargo list for the <em>Syracusia<\/em> suggests that it carried almost 2,000 tons while it traveled from Syracuse in Sicily to Alexandria!<\/p>\n<p>Considered to be one of the holy grail of discoveries for archaeologists, excavation at this site continues, so make sure you keep a watchful eye on the progression of this excavation as they uncover more the precious cargo, and yield more treasures!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Described as the \u201cTitanic of the ancient world\u201d, the Antikythera shipwreck that was first discovered in 1900 could very well be the largest ancient shipwreck ever discovered. The crash site is located off the island of Antikythera in the Aegean Sea, and it\u2019s estimated that this ship was smashed against Pinakakia\u2019s rocks around 2,000 years [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[6,5,19],"class_list":["post-338","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-world-history","tag-ancient-findings","tag-antiquities","tag-world-history-2"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>The Exploration of the Antikythera | Antiquities Dealers<\/title>\n<meta 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