The Antikythera mechanism has long been treated as a one-off marvel, a relic so far ahead of its time that some doubted ...
The Antikythera mechanism, a first-century BC Greek device recovered from a shipwreck, is an analog computer designed to track and predict celestial movements, including the phases and orbit of the ...
More than two millennia ago, Greek craftsmen built a bronze machine that could track the heavens with a precision that would not be matched for centuries. Hidden inside a corroded lump recovered from ...
In the azure waters off the coast of Antikythera, Greece, a chance discovery in the early 20th century transformed our understanding of ancient technology. A sponge diver, exploring the remnants of a ...
A Greek shipwreck holds the remains of an intricate bronze machine that turns out to be the world's first computer. (This program is no longer available for streaming.) In 1900, a storm blew a ...