This news story is archived which means that, while it is still available to view, the information contained within may be outdated and the original source site/link may no longer be viewable.

For the most recent stories, please visit either the site's home page or main news section.

What is the Antikythera mechanism ?

Posted on Thursday, 10 May, 2007 | Comment icon

4 comments

Image credit: Therese Clutario

"In October, 2005, a truck pulled up outside the National Archeological Museum in Athens, and workers began unloading an eight-ton X-ray machine that its designer, X-Tek Systems of Great Britain, had dubbed the Bladerunner."

View: Full article

Source: New Yorker

Discuss: View comments (4)

<< Previous story
UFO Disclosure impossible under capitalism

Next story >>
Weird gravity in Canada blamed on glaciers

Recent comments on this story

#1 Posted by Aaron Whisman on 10 May, 2007, 12:12

Nice. I hate saying the word "Antikythera". It doesn't wanna come out right half the time..haha.

#2 Posted by :PsYKoTiC:BeHAvIoR: on 10 May, 2007, 12:58

Nice. I hate saying the word "Antikythera". It doesn't wanna come out right half the time..haha. I just associate the syllabols with words I know. So it would be antique-e-terror. LOL!

#3 Posted by contactismade on 10 May, 2007, 13:15

But it is an interesting artifact none the less. Where did it come from who made it? were there others like it? or other examples of the same technology level? Its not a new thing its been around for a while, how come we still don't know much about it?

#4 Posted by Lt_Ripley on 10 May, 2007, 16:05

Ancient Moon 'computer' revisited By Jonathan Fildes Science and technology reporter, BBC News The delicate workings at the heart of a 2,000-year-old analogue computer have been revealed by scientists. The Antikythera Mechanism, discovered more than 100 years ago in a Roman shipwreck, was used by ancient Greeks to display astronomical cycles. Using advanced imaging techniques, an Anglo-Greek team probed the remaining fragments of the complex geared device. The results, published in the journal Nature, show it could have been used to predict solar and lunar eclipses. The elaborate arrangement o... [More]

Please Login or Register to post a comment.

On the forums

Enter forum

Forum posts:
Forum topics:
Members:

6168469
262629
174816

US Politics

Fox News host angrily rebukes AntiWeed cohost

2020 Democratic presidential candidate

2018 elections

Palaeontology, Archaeology & History

Ancient horse find in Nile River Valley

How Death Taboo Hold Back Chinese Archaeology

How do you discover a dinosaur?

True Crime

Scott Peterson was innocent

Inventor admits to dismembering journalist

8 Family Members Killed In Ohio

Spirituality, Religion and Beliefs

If God Exists, Where is He to be Found?

Cloning Can Not Succeed

What do you want from the afterlife?

Natural World

Eavesdropping on sounds in the deep sea

'World's largest mosquito' caught in China

Man bitten by shark, bear, and rattlesnake

Natural World

'World's largest mosquito' discovered in China
4-25-2018
A Chinese entomologist found the insect, which has a wingspan of 11.5cm, during a field trip last year.

Science & Technology

New 'Noah's Ark' will store DNA of complex life
4-24-2018
The ambitious BioGenome Project aims to sequence and store the genomes of more than 1.5 million species.

Space & Astronomy

Hubble Space Telescope has turned 28
4-24-2018
The world-famous telescope has been capturing images of the cosmos for the better part of three decades.

Science & Technology

Children are as fit as endurance athletes
4-24-2018
A new study has revealed that the muscles of children resist fatigue in the same way as those of elite athletes.

Other news in this category

Stonehenge stones may have predated humans

Posted 4-9-2018 | 5 comments
Two of the largest stones that make up Stonehenge may have actually been at the site for millions of years....

Drone survey discovers new Nazca geoglyphs

Posted 4-7-2018 | 73 comments
Archaeologists have succeeded in identifying several previously unseen geoglyphs in Peru's Palpa province....

Viking sunstones may have actually worked

Posted 4-6-2018 | 6 comments
A mysterious form of navigation referenced in early Viking literature may have genuinely existed....

Elongated skulls belonged to 'foreign' brides

Posted 3-17-2018 | 3 comments
Researchers have been unraveling the mystery of elongated skulls discovered in southern Germany....

Hidden text found in 1,000-year-old hymn book

Posted 3-15-2018 | 4 comments
Scientists have found the writings of a 2nd-century Greek physician hidden beneath pages of religious text....

Was long-lost Viking settlement in Canada ?

Posted 3-12-2018 | 2 comments
Known as Hop, the settlement has been spoken of in Norse sagas passed down over hundreds of years....

The building of Stonehenge was a celebration

Posted 3-9-2018 | 5 comments
The construction of the world-famous stone circle may have been all about bringing people together....

How did the Egyptians align the Great Pyramid?

Posted 2-21-2018 | 6 comments
Archaeologist and engineer Glen Dash has worked out how such a precise alignment was achieved....

View: More news in this category