9 jan. 2015

Plato's world

2,600-year-old shipwreck found
off the coast of Sicily. Source.
Nothing similar has ever been found, read here: from Discovery news.
We have seen orichalcum from ancient texts and a few ornamental objects.
According to Wikipedia orichalcum or aurichalcum is a metal mentioned in several ancient writings, including a story of Atlantis in the Critias dialogue, recorded by Plato. According to Critias, orichalcum was considered second only to gold in value.


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