Which of the following details best explains why the
Antikythera mechanism was not studied until the late
1900s?
A. "in lieu of sea creatures, they found a Roman
shipwreck full of treasures, including the remnants of an
archaic device." (Paragraph 1)
B. "Divers descended nearly 150 feet to reach the
shipwreck of the Roman trading ship." (Paragraph 1)
C. "Discovered in 82 broken, corroded pieces... the
damaged artifact was initially disregarded." (Paragraph 2)
D. "After two decades of study, physicist and historian
Derek de Solla Price published the first research on the
Antikythera mechanism in 1974" (Paragraph 2)