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That “impossible” Greek computer is real, and its secrets keep spilling out
The Antikythera mechanism has long been treated as a one-off marvel, a relic so far ahead of its time that some doubted ...
The mysterious Antikythera Mechanism may not have been a cryptic celestial measuring device, but just a toy prone to constant jamming. And the secret to its true purpose, according to new research, is ...
The Antikythera mechanism, a mysterious ancient Greek device that is often called the world’s first computer, may not have functioned at all, according to a simulation of its workings. But researchers ...
More than a century on from being spotted and salvaged by sponge divers in the Mediterranean Sea, the Antikythera mechanism continues to excite academic research and the public imagination. Found in a ...
Ever since being salvaged by sponge divers in the Greek Mediterranean in 1901, the Antikythera mechanism has captured the imaginations of archaeologists and scientists with penchant for antiquity. A ...
Jess Thomson is a Newsweek Science Reporter based in London UK. Her focus is reporting on science, technology and healthcare. She has covered weird animal behavior, space news and the impacts of ...
Researchers at UCL have solved a major piece of the puzzle that makes up the ancient Greek astronomical calculator known as the Antikythera Mechanism, a hand-powered mechanical device that was used to ...
Harrison Ford takes his final adventure as the swashbuckling archeologist in "Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny," a mission to track down the titular dial that "could change the course of history, ...
Antikythera is a diamond-shaped island in the Mediterranean Sea, situated between Greece's mainland and the island of Crete. It's small, covering just 8 square miles, and the population holds stable ...
In its November 2023 issue, the Website Grunge assumed that certain science questions “won’t be answered in the next 50 years.” One of those questions was about the Antikythera Mechanism. The writer, ...
A device called the Antikythera mechanism is the true-life basis for the object at the center of the franchise’s latest installment Based on a True Story Meilan Solly - Senior Associate Digital Editor ...
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What was the Antikythera mechanism?
If you couldn’t tell by the name alone, the Antikythera Mechanism was a device created by the ancient Greeks back in 100 BCE.
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