The mysterious Antikythera Mechanism may not have been a cryptic celestial measuring device, but just a toy prone to constant jamming. And the secret to its true purpose, according to new research ...

The device's time underwater has caused the gears to become highly corroded, and several parts are missing. It was uncovered alongside other artifacts, such as a board game, a bronze arm once ...

Fragments of the Antikythera Mechanism, an ancient Greek analog computer that is believed to be used to help teach Greeks about our place in the cosmos. Credit: National Archaeological Museum ...

New research adds a twist to the story of this famous device, suggesting the Antikythera Mechanism may never have worked as intended, that it was just a fancy knickknack. The triangular shape of ...

Researchers think they've solved the 2,200-year-old mystery of the Antikythera mechanism. The ancient device, found in a shipwreck, likely followed a Greek lunar calendar.

The Antikythera mechanism (205 B.C.E.), in the collection of National Archaeological Museum, Athens. Photo: Fine Art Images/Heritage Images/Getty Images.

The Antikythera shipwreck dates back to the first century, according to the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. The wreck site is near Crete. The ship was a trading or cargo vessel.

The Antikythera mechanism — an ancient shoebox-sized device that was used to track the motions of the sun, moon and planets — followed the Greek lunar calendar, not the solar one used by the ...

The Antikythera mechanism, a mysterious ancient Greek device that is often called the world’s first computer, may not have functioned at all, according to a simulation of its workings. But ...

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 ...

Visitors look at a fragment of the 2,100-year-old Antikythera Mechanism, believed to be the earliest surviving mechanical computing device, is seen at Museum in Athens, Greece on Aug. 26, 2018.

A piece of the so-called Antikythera Mechanism, a 2nd-century B.C. device recovered from divers in 1901 off a remote Greek island in the Aegean. Louisa Gouliamaki/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images ...