The Antikythera Mechanism, often called the world's oldest computer, is a 2,000-year-old artifact discovered in 1901 in a submerged shipwreck off the Greek island of Antikythera.

Divers found the Antikythera mechanism in a shipwreck in 1900. Zde via Wikimedia Commons under CC BY-SA 4.0 More than a century ago, a group of sponge divers discovered a shipwreck near the Greek ...

The Antikythera mechanism, shown here in this computer reconstruction, was about the size of a shoebox, with dials on its exterior and an intricate system of 30 or so bronze gear wheels inside.

Researchers have developed this theoretical model to explain the workings of the Antikythera mechanism, the 2,000-old ancient Greek device that is often referred to as the "first computer ...

The Antikythera mechanism, found in a 1st century B.C. shipwreck, is considered to be the world's oldest analog computer. U.S. World; ... In The Magazine July 04 2025 Issue. Company.

Today's Google Doodle celebrates that discovery with an illustration showing the biggest part of the Antikythera mechanism, which looks like a gear or wheel.Dating to about 85 B.C., or even ...

Exploring the Titanic of the Ancient World by Jo Marchant – Smithsonian Magazine, Feb 2015. Reconstructing the Antikythera Mechanism. The inscriptions of the Antikythera Mechanism – Almagest, 2016 ...

The Antikythera Mechanism, by far the most advanced piece of ancient technology ever discovered, is older than we thought, and not quite as Greek as we thought either. Researchers think they have ...

The device would come to be known as the Antikythera mechanism, the oldest known complex scientific instrument. Discovered in 1900 on the wreck of an ancient Roman merchant vessel near the island of ...

The Antikythera Mechanism is an intricate bronze construction discovered damaged and fragmented in the wreck of a cargo ship off the Greek island of Antikythera in 1900. Made towards the end of ...

The Antikythera mechanism, an ingenious calculator made 2,200 years ago, has inspired awe and enchantment ever since it was recovered from a shipwreck near a Greek island in 1901.