The international team of archeologists and engineers, as well as divers who made the descent to the ancient wreck off Greece’s southern coast, are expected to announce the findings of the first part of the mission, which ended in mid-October, in Piraeus at 7 p.m. on Wednesday.
The announcement will be made at the new jewel in Piraeus’s crown, the Library of the Aikaterini Laskaridis Foundation, which has moved into the Stringos Mansion that once housed the port city’s French Institute and will be inaugurated with this very special event, which will also feature a brief display of two or three of the priceless objects found at the underwater archaeological site, which also yielded the world’s oldest computer, the Antikythera Mechanism.
Though details have not been divulged about the findings that will be shown to the public at the presentation, Dr Angeliki Simosi, the director of the Ephorate of Underwater Antiquities, did say in a recent press conference that there will be a description of the history of the wreck's exploration as well as revelations about the most recent findings.
Author: Margarita Pournara | Source: Kathimerini [December 09, 2014]