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19 September 2016

Skeleton uncovered at ancient Antikythera shipwreck

Charlotte Stoddart

Charlotte Stoddart

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The famous shipwreck that brought us the mysterious Antikythera mechanism has revealed a new secret: a two-thousand-year-old human skeleton. The team hopes to extract DNA from the skull - a feat never attempted before on bones this old that have been underwater.

Read the story: Human skeleton found on famed Antikythera shipwreck

Read about the Return to Antikythera project here: Return to Antikythera

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-019-00051-x

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