The ancient Greeks called it “orichalcum”, a mysterious metal material of unknown composition described by various ancient authors to be a beautiful sparkling red substance with fire-like reflections that adorned structures around the lost city of Atlantis. Yesterday, scientists announced that they had recovered 39 ingots of the mythical orichalcum from a ship that sank 2,600 years ago (around 600 BC) off the coast of Sicily.
Legendary material (Orichalcum) from lost city of Atlantis found on ancient shipwreck near Sicily
Friday, January 9, 2015
Legendary material (Orichalcum) from lost city of Atlantis found on ancient shipwreck near Sicily
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment