The Antikythera Mechanism

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The Antikythera mechanism is a 2000 years old mechanical device used to calculate the positions of the sun, moon, planets and the dates of the ancient Olympic Games. The mechanism was discovered in a shipwreck in Greece in the year 1900. (antikythera-mechanism.gr/)

The Antikythera Mechanism, along with other artifacts found at the shipwreck, can be viewed at the exhibition “The Antikythera Shipwreck: the Ship, the Treasures, the Mechanism,” which will continue to run at the National Archaeological Museum in Athens, Greece, from now through