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<p>In 1928, an Ancient Greek shipwreck at the site was found containing artefacts including the <a href="/facts/Artemision_Bronze/Bzpc0KsE">Artemision Bronze</a>, a statue either of <a href="/facts/Zeus/9wTwkEDt">Zeus</a> or <a href="/facts/Poseidon/kTYc88aD">Poseidon</a>, and the <a href="/facts/Jockey_of_Artemision/YBtzu4CL">Jockey of Artemision</a>, a bronze statue of a racehorse and its rider.
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</p><p>In September 1952, the <a href="/facts/American_School_of_Classical_Studies_at_Athens/plBzff9z">American School of Classical Studies at Athens</a> made a return visit to the shipwreck, directed by <a href="/facts/George_E._Mylonas/1W0kG8J2">George E. Mylonas</a>, S. A. Dontas and <a href="/facts/Christos_Karouzos/f2A5U2kL">Christos Karouzos</a>. The excavation employed five divers and a sailing boat, the <i>Alkyone</i>, which was used to <a href="/facts/Dredging/81sUKhnF">dredge</a> the sea floor between dives. The project succeeded in re-locating the shipwreck, but did not recover any notable finds.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a>
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<h2 id="see-also">See also</h2>
<ul><li><a href="/facts/Temple_of_Artemis/UgsPxth7">Temple of Artemis</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Artemisio/ljA9lWDA">Artemisio</a></li></ul>

<h2 id="bibliography">Bibliography</h2>

<ul><li>Meritt, Lucy Shoe (1984). <a href="https://www.ascsa.edu.gr/uploads/media/ASCSA_HISTORY_MERITT_1939_1980_reduced.pdf"><i>History of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens, 1939–1980</i></a> (PDF). Princeton: American School of Classical Studies at Athens. <a href="/facts/ISBN_(identifier)/15AdSPa9">ISBN</a> 9780876619421. Retrieved 2024-01-13.</li>
<li>Vogeikoff-Brogan, Natalia (2021-10-10). <a href="https://nataliavogeikoff.com/2021/10/10/the-artemision-shipwreck-sinking-into-the-ascsa-archives/#more-5384/">"The Artemision Shipwreck: Sinking into the ASCSA Archives"</a>. <i>From the Archivist's Notebook</i>. Retrieved 2024-01-11.</li>
<li>Woodford, Susan (1982). <i>The Art of Greece and Rome</i>. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. <a href="/facts/ISBN_(identifier)/15AdSPa9">ISBN</a> 0521298733.</li></ul>

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<li id="fn:1"><p>Woodford 1982, p. 15; "Greek Statues: From the Sea". Morning Bulletin. No. 20303. Queensland, Australia. 11 December 1929. p. 3. Retrieved 26 August 2019 – via National Library of Australia. - Woodford, Susan (1982). The Art of Greece and Rome. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0521298733. <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:2"><p>Meritt 1984, p. 60; Vogeikoff-Brogan 2021. - Meritt, Lucy Shoe (1984). History of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens, 1939–1980 (PDF). Princeton: American School of Classical Studies at Athens. ISBN 9780876619421. Retrieved 2024-01-13. <a href="https://www.ascsa.edu.gr/uploads/media/ASCSA_HISTORY_MERITT_1939_1980_reduced.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.ascsa.edu.gr/uploads/media/ASCSA_HISTORY_MERITT_1939_1980_reduced.pdf</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
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