The Antikythera shipwreck has just been revealed to contain a real treasure trove of ancient artifacts. Antikythera is an ancient Greek ship that sank more than 2,000 years ago, so it may come as no surprise that the international team of divers and archaeologists who recently investigated it did not come up empty-handed.

For those who would like to know more about the shipwreck, Antikythera was a luxury cargo vessel carrying Greek treasures from the coast of Asia Minor west to Rome, and it sank in very deep water around 70 to 60 BC.

According to iO9, the shipwreck is located at an unsafe depth for human divers (180 feet). This made it necessary for excavation teams at the Woods Hold Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) to use a diving exosuit, which is a suit using re-breather technology in which carbon dioxide is scrubbed from the exhaled air while oxygen is introduced and re-circulated. This allowed divers to explore the site for up to three hours at a time.

BBC reports that after multiple investigations, the remains of a geared "computer" that was used to calculate the positions of astronomical objects is one of the greatest treasures found at the site. However, more recent investigations yielded the discovery of tableware, ship components, and a giant bronze spear that may have been attached to a warrior statue.

The latest expedition to the shipwreck has been dubbed "Return to Antikythera," and ran from September 15^th to October 7^th of this year. After the expedition occurred, WHOI marine archaeologist Brendan Foley stated, "The evidence shows this is the largest ancient shipwreck ever discovered... It's the Titanic of the ancient world."

Indeed, according to a WHOI report, "the finds are also scattered over a much larger area than [previous] divers realized, covering 300 meters of the seafloor. This together with the huge size of the anchors and recovered hull planks proves that the Antikythera ship was much larger than previously thought, perhaps up to 50 meters long," conveying the true enormity of the site.

iO9 reports that WHOI archaeologists plan to return next year in order to excavate the site further and recover more of the ship's cargo.