 Discovered in 1900 by Greek sponge divers, the ship probably sank in the 1st century BC and may have been dispatched by the Roman general, Sulla, to carry booty back to Rome.The sponge divers also recovered from the wreck the famous Antikythera mechanism, believed to be an astronomical calculator.Further examples of fabulous works of art recovered from the sea floor are the two "bronzi" found in Riace (Calabria), Italy.