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The Greek Ministry of Culture announced marine archaeologists have discovered more treasures in the historic wreck of the “Mentor,” which belonged to Lord Elgin and sank off Kythera Island in 1802.
The wreck of the Mentor contains antiquities Lord Elgin’s team stole from the Parthenon and other Athens monuments.
The ship crashed onto the rocks of Cape Avelemonas and sank on September 15, 1802.
Findings included footwear, belt buckles, coins and other small items from the passengers.
It is known from the testimonies of both the crew and the occupants that during the accident, they lost all their personal belongings, including their clothes. This testimony is confirmed by the underwater findings.
The ship s cargo included ceramics from Spain and Tunisia.
January 27, 2021
Recovering a Mendean amphora from a Roman shipwreck off Kasos Island. Photo by Nikos Koukoulas, courtesy of the Kasos Maritime Archaeological Project and the Greek Ministry of Culture and Sports.
Archaeologists conducting research in the Aegean Sea have discovered a rare ancient Roman shipwreck off the coast of the Greek island of Kasos.
The shipwreck, which is dated to between 200 AD and 300 AD, is “filled with ancient treasures,” Greek officials told Ancient Origins.
The Roman vessel was loaded with ceramic amphorae sturdy ceramic containers with pointed bottoms produced in Guadalquivir, Spain, and present-day Tunisia, according to a statement from the Greek Ministry of Culture and Sports. The vessels were likely filled with oil from Rhodes or Asia Minor.
An Expansive and Complex Subsea Archaeological Mission
The new findings were made by researchers working on the second underwater research mission by the Ephorate of Underwater Antiquities , a special peripheral service of the Hellenic Ministry of Culture and Sports , in collaboration with the Institute of Historical Research of the National Research Foundation . The Ephorate of Underwater Antiquities was founded in 1976 and its primary objective is the protection of the underwater antiquities discovered on ancient shipwrecks, settlements and harbors in the seas, lakes and rivers of Greece. In this project, twenty-three specialized scientists and technicians spent more than 200 hours beneath the waves, in more than 100 group dives.
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