2026年3月19日 / 美国东部时间下午12:40 / CBS新闻
希腊官员表示，考古学家在希腊基西拉岛海岸附近的沉船残骸中发现了一件大理石珍宝，这可能与臭名昭著的帕特农神庙盗窃案有关。
据希腊文化部和CBS新闻合作伙伴英国广播公司新闻报道，工作人员在挖掘由英国士兵兼外交官托马斯·布鲁斯（即埃尔金勋爵）拥有的双桅横帆船”导师号”遗址时，发现了这块大理石板。
希腊文化部称，埃尔金曾用这艘船将文物从希腊运往英国，其中包括从帕特农神庙和希腊卫城其他纪念碑上掠夺的文物。
多年来，他从这座古代卫城的运输一直是争议焦点。希腊试图追回部分”埃尔金大理石”——这些可追溯至2000多年前的石雕，大部分来自帕特农神庙——埃尔金在19世纪初将它们从卫城带回英国。英国广播公司新闻报道称，这些文物后来被收藏在不同的博物馆中。尽管埃尔金坚称他获得了当时统治雅典的奥斯曼帝国统治者的许可，但希腊官员指责他进行了掠夺。
潜水员探索希腊基西拉岛海岸附近的”导师号”沉船。希腊文化部
希腊文化部表示，”导师号”于1802年9月沉没，坠落在基西拉岛东南部阿夫莱莫纳斯渔港附近的爱琴海底。
该部称，最近从沉船中出土的大理石碎片具有装饰性，其中包含一个类似水滴的雕塑特征，与帕特农神庙闻名的建筑风格相似。该部表示，对沉船遗址的进一步保护工作和对碎片本身的深入研究将有助于确定这块大理石的原始出处。碎片最长和最宽处分别为3.6英寸和1.85英寸。
希腊文化部称，”导师号”上的大部分货物已被打捞上来。此前对沉船遗址的挖掘发现包括餐具碎片、船身外部曾经附着的铜镀层碎片，以及一块官员称可能用于某种隔热的陶板。
Divers find marble treasure possibly taken from Greek Parthenon at shipwreck site in Aegean Sea – CBS News
March 19, 2026 / 12:40 PM EDT / CBS News
Archaeologists have discovered a piece of marble treasure among the remains of a shipwreck off the coast of the Greek island of Kythira, which could be tied to an infamous robbery at the Parthenon, Greek officials said.
Crews uncovered the marble slab while excavating the site of the Mentor, a brig owned by Thomas Bruce, the British soldier and diplomat known as Lord Elgin, according to Greece’s Ministry of Culture and BBC News, a CBS News partner.
Elgin had used the vessel to transport artifacts from Greece to Britain, including relics taken from the Parthenon and other monuments on the Greek Acropolis, the ministry said.
His shipments from the ancient citadel have become the focus of controversy in recent years, as Greece sought to recover some of the “Elgin Marbles” — stone sculptures dating back more than 2,000 years, mostly from the Parthenon — which Elgin took from the Acropolis back to Britain in the early 1800s. They have since ended up in various museums, BBC News reported. Although Elgin insisted that he had permission to remove the sculptures by rulers of the Ottoman Empire, which controlled Athens when he took them, Greek officials have accused him of looting, according to the outlet.
Divers explore the Mentor shipwreck off the coast of the Greek island of Kythira. Greek Ministry of Culture
The Mentor sank in September 1802, falling to the bottom of the Aegean Sea in a spot off the fishing port of Avlemonas in southeastern Kythira, according to the culture ministry.
The ministry described the marble fragment recently unearthed from the shipwreck as decorative, and noted that it includes a sculptural feature resembling a water droplet, similar to the architectural style for which the Parthenon is known. Additional conservation efforts at the wreck site and further research into the fragment itself will help identify where the marble originally came from, the ministry said. The fragment measures just 3.6 and 1.85 inches at its longest and widest points.
Most cargo aboard the Mentor has already been raised, the ministry said. Discoveries made during previous excavations of the wreck site include fragments of utensils, fragments of the external copper plating once attached to the ship’s hull and a clay slab that officials say likely helped with some kind of insulation.
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