Legendary material (Orichalcum) said to come from the lost city of Atlantis has been found on an ancient shipwreck near Sicily.

39 ingots of mythical orichalcum found on shipwreck off the coast of Sicily

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…

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