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The 2,000-year-old Roman shipwreck off the coast of Antikythera, a Greek island that held the oldest known analog computer has recently shared more treasures with the world.
A larger-than-life-size marble head of a bearded man was recently pulled from the depths and archaeologists say it could be the missing piece of the headless statue of 'Hercules of Antikythera.'
The statue, which was found in 1901, resides in the National Archaeological Museum in Greece.
Also found in the sunken ship were two human teeth, which will be analyzed to hopefully reveal the individuals they belonged to.
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The 2,000-year-old Roman shipwreck off the coast of Antikythera, a Greek island that held the oldest known analog computer has recently shared more treasures with the world
'Important information is expected to be extracted from two human teeth, discovered in a solid agglomerate of marine deposits together with fragments of copper, wood and other materials typical of a maritime disaster,' the team, led by the Hellenic Ephorate of Underwater Antiquities, said in the blog post.
'Genetic and isotopic analysis of the teeth might be useful to deduce information on the genome and other characteristics relevant to the origin of the individuals they belonged to.'
The team also collected samples of sediments from the final resting place of the ship, allowing for a microanalysis that will lead to a better knowledge of the dimensions and precise position of the shipwreck.
'Together with the ongoing artifacts analysis, the newly applicable microarachaeological practices will enhance the ability to precisely reconstruct the disposition of the
