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Thursday, October 28, 2010

Photo: Ancient Shipwreck's Stone Cargo Linked to Apollo Temple


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Underwater archaeologists investigate massive drums of marble found in an Aegean Sea shipwreck.

The stone dates back 2,000 years and was intended to form a column at the Temple of Apollo at Claros, about 40 miles (64 kilometers) from Kızılburun, off the west coast of Turkey.

Photograph courtesy Deborah Carlson