History

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1900-1901: The Discovery

1902: The Museum

One of the large Roman amphoras recovered in 1953 by the Cousteau team from the second wreck at Antikythera. Courtesy MIT Museum, Harold Edgerton Archive
1953: Cousteau re-locates the wreck with Doc Edgerton

1976: Cousteau returns for television

 

Sketch of Potamos village, Antikythera 1953 by James Dugan. Courtesy MIT Archives, Harold Eugene Edgerton Papers.
Some history about the island of Antikythera

The sponge divers and the initial crew

 

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