The Antikythera mechanism (/ˌæntɪkɪˈθɪərə ... to image inside fragments of the crust-encased mechanism and read the faintest inscriptions that once covered the outer casing of the machine. This ...

These techniques allowed researchers to tell how many holes there were in one of the broken rings of the Antikythera mechanism, the ancient computer featured in Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny.

The seven hands of the mechanism pertained to the five main planets which were seen from the Earth namely, Mercury, Mars, Jupiter, Venus and Saturn along with the morning star Sun and the Moon.

In 1901, researchers discovered what's now known as the Antikythera mechanism in a sunken shipwreck ... in the blockbuster "Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny" last year.