The Antikythera Mechanism was a hand-cranked system of interlocking bronze gears designed to model the heavens. Turning the crank revealed the positions of the Sun, Moon, and the five planets visible ...
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Scientists uncover exceptionally preserved 3,000-year-old Bronze Age shipwreck off Greece's coast
Scientists have uncovered an exceptionally preserved Bronze Age shipwreck off the coast of Greece. The ancient vessel, dated to around 1000 BCE, lies submerged in deep waters near the island of ...
An archaeologist assesses the possible Hercules head. (photo by Nikos Giannoulakis, courtesy the Return to Antikythera Project) On Monday, marine archaeologists and researchers at the site of the ...
The Antikythera mechanism has long been treated as a one-off marvel, a relic so far ahead of its time that some doubted ancient artisans could really have built it. Yet as new dives, new simulations, ...
When thinking about items on a shipwreck, one might imagine a treasure chest full of coins, stacks of gold bars, ship cargo or passengers' personal belongings. But inside some wrecks lie even rarer ...
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