If you couldn’t tell by the name alone, the Antikythera Mechanism was a device created by the ancient Greeks back in 100 BCE.

The Antikythera mechanism has long been treated as a one-off marvel, a relic so far ahead of its time that some doubted ...

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The ancient Antikythera Mechanism acts like an astronomical calculator, but its full purpose remains a mystery.

When thinking about items on a shipwreck, one might imagine a treasure chest full of coins, stack of gold bars, ship cargo or ...

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 ...

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Researchers simulated the device's ancient gear system to find out whether the contraption actually worked. Apparently, it did not. Reading time 3 minutes In 1901, sponge divers discovered an ancient ...

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