Archaeology: High tech from Ancient Greece

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Abstract

The Antikythera Mechanism, salvaged 100 years ago from an ancient shipwreck, was long known to be some sort of mechanical calendar. But modern analysis is only now revealing just how sophisticated it was.

Year of Publication
2006
Journal
Nature
Volume
444
Number of Pages
551-552
Date Published
11/2006
DOI
10.1038/444551a
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