such as those used in the construction of the Antikythera Mechanism, which [Chris] has been rebuilding for the past years, using only period-correct tools. He’s learned a lot about the mechanism ...

The Antikythera mechanism (/ˌæntɪkɪˈθɪərə/ AN-tih-kih-THEER-ə) is an ancient Greek hand-powered orrery, described as the oldest example of an analogue computer used to predict astronomical positions ...

Scientists are fascinated by a 2000-year-old device, called the Antikythera mechanism that is also known as "the first computer." BGR reports that the ancient astronomical calendar found in an ...

After in depth research on the remnants of the eclipse predictor as retained by the Antikythera mechanism, scientists came to the conclusions that the mechanism took calculations that determined ...

Antikythera is also known for the discovery of the Antikythera Mechanism, an ancient Greek analogue computer dating back to around 150–100 BCE. This device was used to predict astronomical ...