History The titular "Dial of Destiny" in the new Indiana Jones film is based on the Antikythera mechanism, an ancient device used to chart the cosmos. Disney Off the coast of the Greek island of ...

In Dial of Destiny, it is a foregone conclusion that the ancient polymath Archimedes, who lived in the original city of Syracuse (a Greek colony built in modern day Sicily), constructed the dial ...

"Dial of Destiny" purports that famed Greek mathematician and inventor Archimedes created the Antikythera mechanism. But Jones, along with other experts, is "skeptical" that Archimedes was the ...

It’s the same historical figure Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny credited for building its own version, the great Archimedes. Who Was Archimedes and Why Do Scientists Believe He Designed ...

(SOUNDBITE OF FILM, "INDIANA JONES AND THE DIAL OF DESTINY") HARRISON FORD: (As Indiana Jones) In 213 BC, Archimedes spoke to the dial. PHOEBE WALLER-BRIDGE: (As Helena) That could change the ...

which Archimedes then uses as the inspiration for a dial (of destiny) that can send people back in time. That’s why it was ...

That’s lame! HE SHOULD HAVE DIED IN ANCIENT SYRACUSE AND BEEN BURIED BY ARCHIMEDES. That would have been cool. That’s how Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny should have ended and that’s ...

Dial of Destiny has several lofty ... by ancient mathematician Archimedes. In previous movies, Indy would have thrown his hat and whip in a bag and jumped on that red dot across the world.

Archimedes (Nasser Memarzia ... Indy is broken, literally and figuratively, but his last adventure in Dial of Destiny has provided him with a chance at redemption and renewal.

“Destiny” feels most like a thrilling ... from a train and absconding with the mythical Archimedes Dial. The film then shifts to 1969, and an older Indy who's more likely to raid a liquor ...