Mentor
Archaeology
Exquisite Gold Jewelry Recovered from Lord Elgin's Shipwreck Off Greece's Kythera Island
The Greek Ministry of Culture announced on Tuesday that marine archaeologists have discovered exquisite gold jewelry, cooking pots and other valuable ancient objects in the historic wreck of the “Mentor,” the brig belonging to Lord Elgin which sank off...
Archaeology
Items Recovered from Wreck of Elgin’s Ship off Kythira
Chess pawns, combs and a toothbrush are some of the new findings brought to light by the underwater excavation of the wreck of the ship "Mentor" that sank off the island of Kythira in 1802.
The excavation that continues for...