Δευτέρα 2 Δεκεμβρίου 2019

Dig season wraps up for 'Mentor', the brig carrying Acropolis antiquities removed by Lord Elgin

Source: www.amna.gr
Salvage work on the historic shipwreck of "Mentor" off Kythira island in southern Greece, which carried off sculpture from the Acropolis and Athens by order of British Lord Elgin, wrapped up another season recently with small finds including sections of the sail pulleys, the ministry of culture said on Tuesday.


The brig sank after crashing into rocks out of the port of Avlemon in September 1802, carrying 17 boxes of antiquities from various monuments of Athens including the Acropolis, removed by Lord Elgin and his workers, who retrieved all boxes soon after Mentor sank. The full article here

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