Archeologists have been studying a mysterious device discovered on the wreck of a Greek cargo vessel that sunk 2,100 years ago. It is called he Antikythera Mechanism. Here it is:
The mechanism is a series of clockwork-like gears used to calculate the relationship between lunar months and the calendar year. It can determine the appearance of the sky on any date in the past or the future. It is, scientists now say, the first analog computer. Why this technology was lost until relatively recently remains a mystery.
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