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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...
Greece
On this Day in 1980: The Ship Wreck that Transformed Zakynthos (video)
It is perhaps the most photographed ship wreck in the world. Lying on a sandy beach in the north-western coast of Zakynthos since October 1980, the "Panagiotis" wreck is visited by millions of tourists and has become the symbol...