The Antikythera Mechanism is a mysterious ancient device used to calculate lunar cycles, planet motions, and more. Over 2,000-years-old, it was far more advanced than any other technology of its time.

Greek philosopher Epicurus is famous for teaching: "Pleasure is the principle and end to a happy life" and for his Epicurean school in Athens ...

An Ancient Greek Computer In 1901 divers working off the isle of Antikythera found the remains of a clocklike mechanism 2,000 years old. The mechanism now appears to have been a device for ...

that the mechanism had between 354 and 355 holes. These holes correspond to the Greek lunar calendar instead of the 365-day solar calendar of the ancient Egyptians, which until now researchers ...

BGR reports that the ancient astronomical calendar found in an underwater Greek shipwreck has remained an enigma for more than a hundred years. The hand-driven device used a wind-up mechanism to ...