Start Year
1900
End Year
1901
People occupation
Sponge Diver
People involvement
Involved in wreck survey
Captain Dimitrios Kontos (in Greek: Δημήτριος Κοντός) and the crew of sponge divers from Symi island discovered the Antikythera wreck during the spring 1900, and recovered the artefacts during the first expedition with the Hellenic Royal Navy, in 1900-1901.