The Antikythera mechanism has long been treated as a one-off marvel, a relic so far ahead of its time that some doubted ancient artisans could really have built it. Yet as new dives, new simulations, ...

Unravel the mysteries of the Antikythera Mechanism, the ancient world's first computer. Discover its astronomical secrets, how it was found, and its impact ...

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 ...

The calculator, dubbed the Antikythera Mechanism, was discovered in 1901 at the site of a shipwreck off a Greek Island with the same name. The breakthrough in determining the mechanism's true purpose, ...

This article originally appeared on Motherboard. Since it was discovered in 1900 by divers off the Greek island of Antikythera, a complex clockwork device dubbed the “Antikythera Mechanism” has ...

Welcome, visitors from StumbleUpon! Like what you see here? Check out PCWorld’s GeekTech blog for more hacks and DIY tech, or follow us on Facebook or Twitter. 2000 years ago the Greeks built a device ...

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 ...