21-09-2016 03:26 via thestranger.com

EOD: That Antikythera Shipwreck Everyone's Talking About? It Also Carried the First Known Computer

by Jennifer Campbell
Three weeks ago, underwater archeologists found a 2,000-year-old human skeleton buried in the wreckage of Roman ship near the Greek island of Antikythera. It's a rare and exciting find, as the squeals from the divers in the video above can attest. Archaeologist Mark Dunkley, of the organization Historic England, told Nature, "Unless covered by sediment or otherwise protected, the bodies of shipwreck victims are usually swept away and decay, or are eaten by fish." Archaeologi
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