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Antikythera wreck
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<p> <a href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Antikythera_wreck¶ms=35.8897_N_23.3078_E_type:landmark">35°53′23″N 23°18′28″E / 35.8897°N 23.3078°E / 35.8897; 23.3078</a> </p> <p>The Antikythera wreck is a Roman-era <a href="/facts/Shipwreck/ygsVP8pT">shipwreck</a> dating from the second quarter of the first century BC. </p><p>It was discovered by <a href="/facts/Sponge_diving/QS1hcN6t">sponge divers</a> off Point Glyphadia on the <a href="/facts/Greece/lqHw8bTB">Greek</a> island of <a href="/facts/Antikythera/VIWlVQAm">Antikythera</a> in 1900. </p><p>The wreck yielded numerous statues, coins, and other artifacts dating back to the fourth century BC, as well as the severely corroded remnants of a device many regard as the world's oldest known <a href="/facts/Analog_computer/3NhYoCML">analog computer</a>, the <a href="/facts/Antikythera_mechanism/GHqvxCwR">Antikythera mechanism</a>. These ancient artifacts, works of art, and elements of the ship are now on display at the <a href="/facts/National_Archaeological_Museum%2c_Athens/fsbgCIM0">National Archaeological Museum of Athens</a>. </p>