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In the autumn of 1900, a team of Greek sponge divers were returning from the coast of Africa. A dangerous storm started, which forced them to take shelter near the small Greek island of Antikythera. While the crew waited for the storm to pass, the captain of the boat sent one of his divers to search the seabed for sponges.
The diver, Elias Stadiatis, discovered the remains of a 2,000-year-old shipwreck at the bottom of the sea, 60 metres below. When he returned to the surface, he was so excited about what he’d found that the captain thought he had been affected by too much carbon dioxide. But when the captain himself went down to take a look, he saw that his crewman really had found ancient treasures. He immediately told the Greek authorities, and the sponge divers, with the assistance of the Greek navy, began to recover the wonderful things.
In the following months, using only very basic diving equipment, the divers managed to bring to the surface an amazing number of ancient artefacts, including bronze and marble statues, delicate glassware and gold jewellery. All of this had remained undisturbed for nearly two thousand years. The operation only stopped because conditions became too dangerous to continue.
One of the items that was discovered was a piece of bronze. It was in such poor condition that no one was sure what it was. One archaeologist suggested that it was some kind of clockwork mechanism, but no one believed him and it was put away for storage in a museum. It was nearly fifty years before anyone else took any interest in the item.
In 1951, a British scientist called Derek Price began to investigate the item. He discovered that it contained a complex gear mechanism and suggested that it was used to make calculations about the position of planets. It is regarded as the worlds first example of an analog computer. Today, it is world famous, and is known as ‘the Antikythera mechanism’. Before the discovery of this mechanism, it was believed that no complex clockwork machines had been invented until the 14th century. Scientists continue to investigate just how it was used.
The site of the shipwreck continues to fascinate modern archaeologists, who are keen to make further diving expeditions in the area. But diving in dangerous waters at depths of between sixty and seventy metres is expensive and difficult, so there have been only a few expeditions over the last hundred years or so. If its difficult now, just think how much harder it was for a team of Greek divers over a hundred years ago.
1) The storm made the divers stop while on their way back to Africa.
1. True
2. False
3. Not stated
2) Elias Stadiatis was the best diver on the boat.
1. True
2. False
3. Not stated
3) Sailors helped the sponge divers collect the treasures.
1. True
2. False
3. Not stated
4) Some of the divers were injured while diving.
1. True
2. False
3. Not stated
5) One of the discoveries from the shipwreck was ignored for many years.
1. True
2. False
3. Not stated
6) The mechanism changed ideas about the history of clockwork machines.
1. True
2. False
3. Not stated
7) Scientists have stopped studying the Antikythera mechanism.
1. True
2. False
3. Not stated
8) No one has explored the shipwreck site for about a century.
1. True
2. False
3. Not stated
1) – False
2) – Not Stated
3) – True
4) – Not Stated
5) – True
6) – True
7) – False
8) – False
