# Antikytherian shipwreck dived. New finds. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 12, 2014, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/antikytherian-shipwreck-dived-new-finds/701118 "2014-10-12T17:12:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2014, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/antikytherian-shipwreck-dived-new-finds/701118/1 "2014-10-12T17:12:17Z")
Didn’t see this posted yet: [http://www.pasthorizonspr.com/index.php/archives/10/2014/2000-year-old-antikythera-ship-much-larger-than-previously-thought](http://www.pasthorizonspr.com/index.php/archives/10/2014/2000-year-old-antikythera-ship-much-larger-than-previously-thought) Divers are exploring the wreck that produced the Antikytherian device. They are turning up some surprising things including the discovery that it is the largest shipwreck of ancient times. Cool stuff. ---
**Author:** ![Flyer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/flyer/32/7298_2.png) [@Flyer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flyer)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2014, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/antikytherian-shipwreck-dived-new-finds/701118/2 "2014-10-12T20:16:12Z")
I read about that a couple days ago. Even if they don’t find any other devices, it’s still very exciting. ---
**Author:** ![Maastricht](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e57/32.png) [@Maastricht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maastricht)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2014, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/antikytherian-shipwreck-dived-new-finds/701118/3 "2014-10-12T21:04:56Z")
Cool, thanks for linking to the news. And for no other reason then because we"re talking about under water sculptures, here is how cancuns statues are doing, after close to eigt years under the sea now. Just beautiful. [http://www.underwatersculpture.com](http://www.underwatersculpture.com) ---
**Author:** ![njtt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecd19e/32.png) [@njtt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/njtt)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2014, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/antikytherian-shipwreck-dived-new-finds/701118/4 "2014-10-12T21:15:08Z")
The Antikythera device should never have been removed from the site. Now the place is overrun with kytheras. ---
**Author:** ![Ale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@Ale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ale)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2014, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/antikytherian-shipwreck-dived-new-finds/701118/5 "2014-10-13T01:59:25Z")
Cool, maybe they finally find that darned wind up key! ---
**Author:** ![Maastricht](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e57/32.png) [@Maastricht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maastricht)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2014, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/antikytherian-shipwreck-dived-new-finds/701118/6 "2014-10-13T05:24:27Z")
Cool, thanks for linking to the news. And for no other reason then because we"re talking about under water sculptures, here is how cancuns statues are doing, after close to eigt years under the sea now. Just beautiful. [http://www.underwatersculpture.com](http://www.underwatersculpture.com) ---
**Author:** ![bienville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@bienville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bienville)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2014, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/antikytherian-shipwreck-dived-new-finds/701118/7 "2014-10-13T05:48:41Z")
Wow! A double-post with an eight hour delay. How did that happen? ---
**Author:** ![voltaire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voltaire/32/313_2.png) [@voltaire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voltaire)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2014, 6:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/antikytherian-shipwreck-dived-new-finds/701118/8 "2014-10-13T06:11:53Z")
The official site of the dive: [http://antikythera.whoi.edu/](http://antikythera.whoi.edu/) ---
**Author:** ![voltaire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voltaire/32/313_2.png) [@voltaire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voltaire)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2014, 6:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/antikytherian-shipwreck-dived-new-finds/701118/9 "2014-10-13T06:26:29Z")
And the official research site of the Antikythera device itself: [http://www.antikythera-mechanism.gr/](http://www.antikythera-mechanism.gr/) ---
**Author:** ![Don\_t\_Panic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/don_t_panic/32/398_2.png) [@Don\_t\_Panic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_Panic)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2014, 11:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/antikytherian-shipwreck-dived-new-finds/701118/10 "2014-10-13T11:09:51Z")
I’m hoping for an ancient iPad or Kindle, complete with an e-scroll of Aristotle’s Poetics, part 2, on comedy. ---
**Author:** ![Baal\_Houtham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baal_houtham/32/13604_2.png) [@Baal\_Houtham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baal_Houtham)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2014, 11:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/antikytherian-shipwreck-dived-new-finds/701118/11 "2014-10-13T11:22:24Z")
> [@Maastricht](#): > > Cool, thanks for linking to the news. > > And for no other reason then because we"re talking about under water sculptures, here is how cancuns statues are doing, after close to eigt years under the sea now. Just beautiful. [http://www.underwatersculpture.com](http://www.underwatersculpture.com) There are four or five wonderful photos there; I’m going to update my screen saver images. There are four or five wonderful photos there; I’m going to update my screen saver images. ---
**Author:** ![Novelty\_Bobble](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Novelty\_Bobble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Novelty_Bobble)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2014, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/antikytherian-shipwreck-dived-new-finds/701118/12 "2014-10-13T12:36:11Z")
Very cool indeed. If the dive site is such a tricky one then one would think that everything on the ship is likely to still be there. And personally I’d think it unlikely to be just carrying the device as a one off. > [@](#): > > "hey. Spiros, I know you’re taking a shitload of olive oil and gravel to Macedonia and I just wondered if you had room to also take this intricate and massively expensive mechanical device as well? > oh, and this ornamental spear for a statue…no, no nothing else, just those two items. > Just wedge them in among our Greek version of amphora and we’re good to go. > > And watch out for the weather, apparently it’s going to be a bit choppy tonight" ---
**Author:** ![voltaire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voltaire/32/313_2.png) [@voltaire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voltaire)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2014, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/antikytherian-shipwreck-dived-new-finds/701118/13 "2014-10-13T18:14:04Z")
> [@Novelty\_Bobble](#): > > Very cool indeed. If the dive site is such a tricky one then one would think that everything on the ship is likely to still be there. And personally I’d think it unlikely to be just carrying the device as a one off. > > > [@](#): > > > > "hey. Spiros, I know you’re taking a shitload of olive oil and gravel to Macedonia and I just wondered if you had room to also take this intricate and massively expensive mechanical device as well? > > oh, and this ornamental spear for a statue…no, no nothing else, just those two items. > > Just wedge them in among our Greek version of amphora and we’re good to go. > > > > And watch out for the weather, apparently it’s going to be a bit choppy tonight" They already found way more than that back in 1900. Have a look at the bronze and marble statues [on this page](http://antikythera.whoi.edu/artifacts/). This ship \*was \*special. It was very large for the time and was like a traveling art exhibition. ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2014, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/antikytherian-shipwreck-dived-new-finds/701118/14 "2014-10-13T18:29:38Z")
Yeah, I wonder if it was part of some kings treasure trove being transported to the summer house on an island. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2014, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/antikytherian-shipwreck-dived-new-finds/701118/15 "2014-10-13T18:40:34Z")
A traveling World’s Fair. ---
**Author:** ![Novelty\_Bobble](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Novelty\_Bobble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Novelty_Bobble)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2014, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/antikytherian-shipwreck-dived-new-finds/701118/16 "2014-10-13T19:58:23Z")
> [@voltaire](#): > > They already found way more than that back in 1900. Have a look at the bronze and marble statues [on this page](http://antikythera.whoi.edu/artifacts/). > > This ship \*was \*special. It was very large for the time and was like a traveling art exhibition. Wow, thanks for that, some wonderful stuff there. The quality of the marble hands from the statues are exquisite. Exciting to think of what else might yet be found ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2014, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/antikytherian-shipwreck-dived-new-finds/701118/17 "2014-10-13T20:01:28Z")
> [@Hypno-Toad](#): > > Yeah, I wonder if it was part of some kings treasure trove being transported to the summer house on an island. That’s one of the first thing I wondered about when I read that article. Just what were all those cool things doing on one boat? If the captain didn’t die in the wreck I bet he had a lot of explaining to do. ---
**Author:** ![voltaire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voltaire/32/313_2.png) [@voltaire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voltaire)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2014, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/antikytherian-shipwreck-dived-new-finds/701118/18 "2014-10-13T20:09:16Z")
Just imagine the sense of loss those responsible for that treasure trove must have felt when the ship sank! What’s worse is that there were probably survivors and they probably knew exactly where the wreckage was, but they had no possible way of recovering it. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Second\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbe5ce/32.png) [@The\_Second\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Second_Stone)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2014, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/antikytherian-shipwreck-dived-new-finds/701118/19 "2014-10-13T21:16:25Z")
Just wait until they find Mr. Data’s head! ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2014, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/antikytherian-shipwreck-dived-new-finds/701118/20 "2014-10-13T22:21:52Z")
> [@White SIFL](#): > > That’s one of the first thing I wondered about when I read that article. Just what were all those cool things doing on one boat? If the captain didn’t die in the wreck I bet he had a lot of explaining to do. It’s long been believed to have been a ship of luxury goods being taken from somewhere in the Greek islands to Rome. They lifted four big horse statues from the site back when it was first found. It may hold some unbelievable treasures, including companions to the Mechanism that can be better preserved this time. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/antikytherian-shipwreck-dived-new-finds/701118.md?page=2)