The ancient Antikythera Mechanism acts like an astronomical calculator, but its full purpose remains a mystery.

The Antikythera mechanism — an ancient shoebox-sized device that was used to track the motions of the sun, moon and planets — followed the Greek lunar calendar, not the solar one used by the Egyptians ...

The mysterious Antikythera Mechanism may not have been a cryptic celestial measuring device, but just a toy prone to constant jamming. And the secret to its true purpose, according to new research, is ...

Scientists are one step closer to unlocking the secrets of the 2,000-year-old Antikythera Mechanism, considered the world’s first computer, thanks to a new computer-generated reconstruction of the ...

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 ...

When thinking about items on a shipwreck, one might imagine a treasure chest full of coins, stack of gold bars, ship cargo or ...

"Decoding The Antikythera Mechanism: Science and Technology in Ancient Greece," a conference beginning Thursday's in Athens, is devoted solely to a 2,000 year old bronze artefact that has puzzled and ...

Even though the two thousand year-old Antikythera Mechanism has been touted as the world’s first computer, its true function was arguably that of the world’s first ‘STEM’ project. While its function ...

Part of the Antikythera Mechanism, above, an astronomical calculator raised from a shipwreck in 1901. Image credit: MPIWG Image: Peter Degerfeldt Blue Sky Aerial When we think about technology, we ...

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Shipwrecks have long been sought after for the potential of hidden treasure, but none have been able to compare with the discovery of the Antikythera mechanism. Today’s (17 May) Google Doodle marks ...