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, ...

More than two millennia ago, Greek craftsmen built a bronze machine that could track the heavens with a precision that would not be matched for centuries. Hidden inside a corroded lump recovered from ...

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. They used statistical ...

In the azure waters off the coast of Antikythera, Greece, a chance discovery in the early 20th century transformed our understanding of ancient technology. A sponge diver, exploring the remnants of a ...

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 ingenious ...

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 researchers ...

ATHENS, Greece -- Imagine tossing a top-notch laptop into the sea, leaving scientists from a foreign culture to scratch their heads over its corroded remains centuries later. A Roman shipmaster ...

[Robert’s Retro] is one of those great YouTube channels that shows us the ins and outs of old and obscure computers. [Robert] likes going a step beyond the traditional teardown though, repairing and ...

BEERSHEBA, Israel (Reuters) - Researchers in Israel say they have developed a computer programme that can decipher previously unreadable ancient texts and possibly lead the way to a Google-like search ...