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The ‘Mona Lisa of the Deep’: A 167-Year-Old Portrait Dredges Up Treasure and Tales!

In 2014, deep-sea explorers made an astonishing discovery in the wreck of the SS Central America, a 19th-century steamship that met its tragic end in 1857. Among the vast treasure trove of gold coins and artifacts, one particular item stood out—a hauntingly beautiful daguerreotype of an unknown woman. Resting 7,200 feet beneath the ocean surface […]