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Unearthed In 1901 From A 2,000-Year-Old Shipwreck Near Antikythera Island π¬π·, The Antikythera Mechanism Is One Of The Most Astonishing Discoveries In Ancient Technology. Thought To Be Built Between 150β100 BCE, This Complex Bronze Device Was A Precise Analog Computer Capable Of Predicting Astronomical Events πβ¨.
Recent Research Using X-Ray Imaging And 3D Modeling Has Revealed Its True Complexity. The Device Contains Over 37 Intricate Gears And Was Encased In A Wooden Box With Greek Inscriptions. These Inscriptions Provided Instructions On Its Use, Including How To Track The Positions Of The Sun βοΈ, Moon π, And Known Planets πͺ. It Could Also Forecast Solar And Lunar Eclipses And Align With The Ancient Olympic Calendar!
Studies Published In 2021 Suggested That Its Front Display Modeled The Cosmos In Two Concentric Rings, While The Back Predicted Lunar Phases Based On Advanced Calculations, Including The Moonβs Anomalous Orbit. This Insight Has Sparked Theories That It Was Designed By A School Of Inventors, Perhaps Inspired By Archimedes' Genius.
Could There Be Other Devices Like The Antikythera Mechanism Still Hidden In The Depths Of History? βοΈπ
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