Two thousand years ago, the ancient Greek shipwreck was launched and salvaged, and the statue of the god Herakles see the day again.

Jimu Journalist Sun Yan

Intern Zeng Zheng

2100 years ago, a cargo ship sank near Antichera Island in Aegean Sea; 2100 years later, the cargo ship brought a new "surprise" to archeologists: the strong god Herakler in the ancient Greek mythology The head of the statue of Sri Lanka sees the sun again.

According to the "Guardian" reported on the 21st, from May 23 to June 15 this year, the Greek underwater archeological team once again carried out archeological salvage of the shipwreck and discovered many omitted cultural relics.

Related report screenshots (Picture Source: Guardian)

It is worth noting that last Sunday, the team announced that by expert identification, the head of the statue obtained by this archeological operation was exactly 120 years ago, more than 120 years ago, a group of sponge collectors unexpectedly found the statue of "Lost". Essence

According to reports, in 1900, a group of sponge collectors accidentally discovered the shipwreck at 50 meters under the water under the water of Antichera, and found the statue of the Herhacles on the boat, but the head of the statue was "missing". In addition, they also found some bronze fragments and parts of the Greek inscriptions.

After that, they reported the discovery to the authorities. Around 1950, thanks to British physicist Price, the research made a major breakthrough. Archaeologists and scientists re -assembled the residual films and found that this device is Antiki Tella Machinery, which belongs to an analog computer. It is an ancient Greek bronze machine designed to calculate the places of celestial bodies in the sky.

From researchers to archeologists, the entire archeological team was attracted by Antiki Tyra machinery. For a long period of time, the staff focused on Antikiram machinery.

In 2012, the Greek underwater archeological team restarted salvage work and established the "Return to Antiki Tella" project team. The project was led by the Greek Underwater Museum under the Ministry of Culture and Sports. There were many marine archeologists and divers under special training.

"The water is very deep, and the divers can only stay for 30 minutes at a time." Recently, Professor Lorenz Boromo said in an interview.

Dives do salvage work (source: "Guardian")

"The head of the statue I salvaged this time is the most impressive. It has almost all the typical characteristics of the heroes in Greek mythology. Silently.

In addition, the salvage also found the base of another statue, several human teeth and some ship equipment.

It is reported that the researchers will analyze the isotope of the salvaged remains to rebuild the lifestyle of the residents on the ship at that time.

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