The remains of a large cement base in the east grotto . It was destroyed when the ship was destroyed and later, through the digging of a grave deep into the rock . The head of Odysseus who can be identified by carefully studying the sequence of events in the description of the sinking ship in the Odyssey, Book XII. The missing upper part of his head could give us the final proof by supplying Odysseus' cap. From the description of the shipwreck in Homer's Odyssey (Book xn) it is clear that the man can only be Odysseus himself. The still missing upper part of the head could furnish the last proof. Thus it becomes clear why no evidence was found in the east grotto or anywhere else for the horizontal placement of the ship. However, there are remnants of a large cement base behind the artificial back wall on the grotto's left side, and here ' the ship stood in the way described above. This man-made wall is coated with hydraulic cement necessary because of the pool which lay behind it. 143