The inspiration for the titular device in last year's blockbuster, Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, was an actual archaeological artifact: the Antikythera mechanism, a 2,200-year-old bronze ...

Because the ring was broken, it wasn't clear how many rings it had originally, but researchers estimated between 347 and 367. The Antikythera mechanism (main) and gravitational waves (inset).

Researchers previously thought the calendar ring on the Antikythera mechanism tracked the ancient Egyptian calendar, but new research suggests it tracked the Greek lunar calendar instead.

Scientists used techniques from the field of gravitational wave astronomy to argue that the Antikythera mechanism contained a lunar calendar. By Becky Ferreira The Antikythera mechanism, an ...

For Woan, the team’s methodology behind solving the mystery behind the Antikythera mechanism’s calendar ring feels poetic. “It’s a neat symmetry that we’ve adapted techniques we use to ...

The Antikythera mechanism — an ancient shoebox ... One piece of the mechanism, known as the "calendar ring," was used to track the days of the year, with one hole per day. While the ring has ...