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Shipwreck artifacts, Mahdia wreck (Tunisia) - 1954

Major collection: Science & Technology
Named collection: Harold E. Edgerton Collection
Object type: color slide
Maker: Edgerton, Harold Eugene
Place made: United States
Date made: 1954
Materials: 35mm film; cardboard
Site location: Tunisia
Measurements: 2" x 2"

Marble statue head from the ancient Roman wrecksite at Mahdia (Tunisia), corroded by salt water; visited in 1954. (CC)


HEE-SC-00292

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thumbnail Edgerton, Harold Eugene
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1903-1990; electrical engineer; professor
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