Antikythera Wreck — Mechanism and Bronze Statue Reef
Late Hellenistic (c.70–50 BCE) Roman loot shipwreck from Asia Minor to Rome 60 m Greek art cargo·Roman late Hellenistic loot ship (Pergamene? Rhodian stones) 60 BCE·🇬🇷 Aegean, Antikythera Island, Antikythera wreck off Point Glyphadia, north Antikythera channel, Greece
About
About Antikythera Wreck — Mechanism and Bronze Statue Reef
Antikythera sponge 1900, Cousteau 1976, Mechanism found 1901. Recorded context — Period: Late Hellenistic (c.70–50 BCE) Roman loot shipwreck from Asia Minor to Rome 60 m Greek art cargo; Culture: Roman late Hellenistic loot ship (Pergamene? Rhodian stones) 60 BCE; Field status: excavated; Materials: bronze statues, marble statues, Mechanism bronze gears, glass; Condition: wreck site — Mechanism to Athens museum.
Why it mattersKey Roman late Hellenistic loot ship (Pergamene? Rhodian stones) 60 BCE submerged-city with stratified sequence and regional typology.
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Construction labor organization
Theories
- 01Observatory
- 02Ceremonial centre
Theories are interpretations, not findings. The seal above tells you how much scholarly weight the place carries.
History
How it came to be
- Built
- c. 70 BCE wreck with Antikythera Mechanism 32 bronze gears and bronze Ephébus statue 1.94 m
- Period
- Late Hellenistic (c.70–50 BCE) Roman loot shipwreck from Asia Minor to Rome 60 m Greek art cargo
- Culture
- Roman late Hellenistic loot ship (Pergamene? Rhodian stones) 60 BCE
- Purpose
- World's most famous wreck — Antikythera Mechanism computer and bronze statues 36–60 m reef — sponge divers 1900
- Rediscovered
- Modern excavation 1877
- Excavation
- Excavated
1890 excavation
Modern rediscovery and scientific excavation of Antikythera Wreck — Mechanism and Bronze Statue Reef
c. 70 BCE wreck with Antikythera Mechanism 32 bronze gears and bronze Ephébus statue 1.94 m
Initial construction / first occupation at Antikythera Wreck — Mechanism and Bronze Statue Reef
On the ground
Structures & features
35.8640° N · 23.3060° E · -55 m · 3 mapped features
- Antikythera Wreck — Mechanism and Bronze Statue Reef — Principal Harbourharbourharbour at Antikythera Wreck — Mechanism and Bronze Statue Reef — hydraulic feature35.8646° N · 23.3073° E
- Antikythera Wreck — Mechanism and Bronze Statue Reef — Northern Wallwallwall at Antikythera Wreck — Mechanism and Bronze Statue Reef — outlier feature35.8652° N · 23.3049° E
- Antikythera Wreck — Mechanism and Bronze Statue Reef — Southern Templetempletemple at Antikythera Wreck — Mechanism and Bronze Statue Reef — subsidiary complex35.8647° N · 23.3048° E