Island are just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to unsolved mysteries The world’s most mysterious secrets Ancient ...

The Antikythera Mechanism. Credit: ZDE/Wikimedia Commons/CC BY-SA 4.0 Found by Greek sponge divers off the coast of Antikythera in 1901, this ancient Greek analog computer dates back to the first ...

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Divers found the Antikythera mechanism in a shipwreck in 1900. Zde via Wikimedia Commons under CC BY-SA 4.0 More than a century ago, a group of sponge divers discovered a shipwreck near the Greek ...

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

In 1901, sponge divers discovered an ancient shipwreck off the coast of the Greek island of Antikythera. Among the recovered materials, a corroded lump of metal caught the eye of archaeologist ...

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 ...

The Antikythera Mechanism’s functionality extended far beyond mere astronomical predictions. Evidence suggests it was a luxury item, possibly used for educational purposes or as a sophisticated ...

Mammoths and bison in heart-thumping lifelikeness. Aurochs and horses. Reindeer and salmon. Since the 19th century, archaeologists have been fighting over what the pictures might have meant.