Atlantis Legendary Metal Found In Shipwreck
Summary
A team of divers, exploring a shipwreck off the coast of Sicily recovered 39 ingots of a metal believed to be orichalcum, an exotic metal mentioned in Plato's accounts of Atlantis.
The ship sank about 2,600 years ago, around the first half of the 6th Century BC, and was found under 10 feet of water about 1000 feet off the coast near the port of Gela, where the ship was believed to be bound. Analysis of the ingots reveal that they are composed of roughly 75-80 percent copper and 15-20 percent zinc, with smaller percentages of nickel, lead and iron. Some scholars believe that Plato's orichalcum was a brass-like alloy composed of copper and zinc created by heating zinc ore, charcoal and copper metal in a crucible.
See Also
Source
Bibliography
Game and Story Use
- The party could be exploring an ancient shipwreck and discovering treasure.
- Or perhaps someone else has recovered the treasure, and the players are trying to get it.
page revision: 0, last edited: 04 Jan 2017 16:32