In the summer of 1900, a group of sponge divers off the coast of Antikythera, a Greek island, stumbled upon a shipwreck that ...

Thanks to high-tech scanning, 2,000-year-old inscriptions on the Antikythera mechanism, an ancient Greek "computer," can be read more clearly than ever before, revealing more information about the ...

Thanks to high-tech scanning, 2,000-year-old inscriptions on the Antikythera mechanism, an ancient Greek "computer," can be read more clearly than ever before, revealing more information about the ...

ATHENS, Greece — When you’re trying to fathom a mangled relic of very old hi-tech, it helps to have the manufacturer’s instructions. For more than a century since its discovery in an ancient ...

Thanks to high-tech scanning, 2,000-year-old inscriptions on the Antikythera mechanism, an ancient Greek "computer," can be read more clearly than ever before, revealing more information about the ...

In 1901, sponge divers off the coast of the Greek island Antikythera stumbled upon an ancient shipwreck that would soon yield one of the most extraordinary artifacts of the ancient world. Amid the ...

An ancient astronomical gearbox unearthed on a Greek shipwreck was used to predict eclipses more than 2,000 years ago. Skip to main content Open menu Close menu ...

This Ancient Greek Computer Was 1,000 Years Ahead Of Its Time. by: Parker Hilton June 15, 2016. ... And the ancient greeks have especially kept us on our toes with the Antikythera Mechanism.

Painting of the Antikythera Mechanism by the Greek mathematician Dionysios Kriaris. One sees the Cosmos, the front of the computer, and the back with the black spirals of the 19-year Metonic ...

Known as a "calendar ring", this section is labeled with ancient Egyptian month names engraved in ancient Greek, according to the British Horological Institute.

Thanks to high-tech scanning, 2,000-year-old inscriptions on the Antikythera mechanism, an ancient Greek "computer," can be read more clearly than ever before, revealing more information about the ...