Friends and colleagues: Improved technology increasingly is revealing
unimagined facts about the impressive accomplishments of ancient societies.
To see a fascinating account of modern imaging techniques uncovering the
complexities of an ancient machine, watch The Antikythera Mechanism:
Decoding an Ancient Greek Mystery, the latest video feature on our nonprofit
streaming-media Web site, The Archaeology Channel
(http://www.archaeologychannel.org).
In 1901, sponge divers found an extraordinary mechanism on the sea bottom
near the island of Antikythera. It astonished the whole international
community, stumping scientists for decades. Was it an astrolabe, an
astronomical clock, or something else? More recent research is revealing its
secrets. Dating from around the 1st century B.C., it is the most sophisticated
mechanism known from the ancient world. The Antikythera Mechanism
operated as a complex mechanical "computer" to track the cycles of the Solar
System.
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Richard M. Pettigrew, Ph.D., RPA
President and Executive Director
Archaeological Legacy Institute
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