Antikythera-We will return to shipwreck the new year

 

''We will return to shipwreck the new year''
Tax Office of Underwater Antiquities Antikythera

 
The certainty of the existence of significant new findings in the bottom of Antikythera expressed once again the head of the Tax Office of Underwater Antiquities, Angeliki Simosi, at yesterday's press conference given to the site of the historic library of the Foundation Laskaridis in Piraeus.


The findings of the excavation of September will be officially presented tomorrow at a special event, and according to new information may lead to solving the riddle of the existence or non second ship. The first event will be the site of the Historical Library Foundation Catherine Laskaridis in strident Hall (the old French Institute of Piraeus, 2 Division 36 Coast Moutsopoulou) will give us the opportunity to see up close some of the discoveries that brought light the underwater research in the Antikythera wreck. For a few hours, with special transfer process and storage, Culture Minister Costas Tasoulas gave permission for there occur some items that were recovered from the seabed!

 

Tomorrow Wednesday at 7 pm the historic building of the Coast Moutsopoulou will make official announcements of scientists on the occasion of the completion of the first phase of underwater research in Antikythera, held from mid September to mid October. You talk the Head of the Inspectorate Dr Angeliki Simossi, the diver of the Department of Underwater, Dr. Theotokis Theodoulos, American researcher and diver, Dr. Brendan Foley representing the Institution Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute in Massachusetts and chairman of the Foundation Laskaridis Panos Laskaridis that was a supporter of research, offering ship "Seagull". Greetings will address the Minister of Culture and Sport Constantine Tasoulas, the mayor of Kythera and Antikythera Efstratios Charchalakis and Mathias Buttet, R & D Director of Watchmaking Hublot, one of the main sponsors along with Cosmote and the American Society lent our scuba Exosuit.

 

"The findings of the new excavation of Antikythera is great especially for those who promise and imply," said Foundation President Catherine Laskaridis Panos Laskaridis
"My goal is to go out and other works of art from the bottom as this ship is not carrying food but treasures," said Mrs. Simosi, reiterated its vision to create underwater antiquities museum in Piraeus.

"The existence of second wreck'm not sure. I do not want even to talk, do not want to say something unscientific. These people, whom I know from many years of service, dive to 50 meters. For these people we have to wait, "said Mrs. Simosi, who will announce tomorrow at 7 pm the data resulting from the study findings in September.

 

"The findings of the new excavation of Antikythera is great especially for those who promise and imply," said Foundation President Catherine Laskaridis Panos Laskaridis, participating as a sponsor in the project, which will continue in 2015 and is a continuation of that first dip the sponge in 1900 brought to light the famous Antikythera mechanism. For two important findings that came to light from the new mapping of the seabed around the wreck at first perimeter 200 meters talked Mr. Laskaridis, who spoke on the educational programs of the Foundation Laskaridis but also for the ambitious effort of the compound in a single list all seafarers libraries in Greece.

Source: Ν. Παπανικολάου, Έθνος, Μ. Πουρναρά, Καθημερινή