08/10/2025
125 years on from the discovery of the , a new study by Brian Martens for the British School at Athens' journal offers new insights into the origin and destination of this haul of statues and ancient art. Read the blog and article: ➡️ https://cup.org/4mQw5aT
In the mid-1st century BCE, a freighter laden with Greek art was sailing westward in the Mediterranean when it crashed and rapidly foundered, taking some of its crew and passengers down with it. In 1900, Greek sponge-divers discovered this astonishing ancient shipwreck in waters some 50-m deep off t...