Return to Antikythera: Divers revisit wreck where ancient computer found

Site where oldest computer lay for thousands of years may yield other treasures and even another Antikythera mechanism ...

In 1900, sponge divers hiding from a storm found a machine underwater that changed what we know about ancient Greece

A routine sponge diving trip near Antikythera in 1900 led to the discovery of an ancient shipwreck. Among its treasures were corroded bronze plates, later identified as the Antikythera Mechanism, a ...
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Why Tarpon Springs, Florida, is known as ‘Little Greece’

In a small coastal community in Florida, less than an hour’s drive from Tampa, historic riverside docks where sea sponges dry in the sun transport visitors to Greece. Tarpon Springs grew from a small ...
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SPONGE MEN ON HOLIDAY; Tarpon Springs Divers Enact Old Greek Rite Of Baptized Crucifix Recovery of the Crucifix Procession to the Docks

TimesMachine is an exclusive benefit for home delivery and digital subscribers. About the Archive This is a digitized version of an article from The Times’s print archive, before the start of online ...