Archaeologist Dr. Brendan Foley: Antikythera shipwreck - Human skeletons found

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A discussion with good friend and collaborator, Dr. Brendan Foley, archaeologist at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. We talk about one of the most interesting archaeology excavations ever, the Antikythera shipwreck. Brendan and team announced just this week, that ancient skeletons, over 2000 years old, have been located at the site deep underwater in the Aegean Sea. This is a very rare find. We also discuss the use of reality capture technology to share the the artifacts and tell the story of the doomed Greek ship which sank over 2000 years ago.

I speak with Brendan via Skype. He lives in Sweden and I am in Monterey Bay, California participating in the Marine Technology Society / IEEE Oceanic Engineering Society Oceans '16 conference.

http://explorers.institute/podcast/BrendanFoleyAntikythera.mp3

More from Woods Hole about the Brendan's work on the Antikythera shipwreck here: http://antikythera.whoi.edu

More about the the Antikythera Shipwreck Exhibition at the National Archaeological Museum of Greece here: http://www.antikythera-mechanism.gr/events/exhibitions/nam-2012

For more about the Antikythera Mechanism, watch the PBS NOVA episode, "Ancient Computer" here: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/ancient/ancient-computer.html

More about the Marine Technology Society: https://www.mtsociety.org

More about the IEEE Oceanic Engineering Society: www.oceanicengineering.org

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