Antikythera Mechanism

The antikythera mechanism is currently housed in the Greek National Archaeological Museum in Athens and is thought to be one of the most complicated antiques in existence.Today it is believed that this instrument was a kind of mechanical analog computer used to calculate the movements of stars and planets in astronomy. It has been estimated that the antikythera mechanism was built around 87 B.C and was lost in 76 B.C.

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1. Bloodrose 2 years ago

very impressive. especially for the time it was made in 8-)

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2. Thunderknight 2 years ago

The one how lost it made a lot of friends back then. :D
One very advanced piece of mechanery. :O Even for this time period.
Not a chance that one can bodge up a piece like this in a hurry. :P
*taking of my hat*

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3. tinynet 2 years ago

What force they used to make it moving?

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4. shayangx 2 years ago

wow, respect.

I wouldnt even be able to make that if ud give me the parts + instructions.

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5. theHourUndone 2 years ago

this video should have a pink floyd soundtrack!

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6. badboy007 2 years ago

could have added some nice music to make it a little more exciting

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7. xamerremax 2 years ago

wow... amazing masterpiece of mechanic.

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8. Zaramiam 2 years ago

#5 exactly!!! maybe the song "welcome to the machine"??

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9. theHourUndone 2 years ago

#8 thats the right song!

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10. Teqskater 2 years ago

#3 I think just by hand.

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11. BooTheGoose 2 years ago

We studied this machine in Earth Space Science- it is amazing. There is an awesome book about it and its discovery called Decoding The Heavens. Good post.

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12. Comment rated too low. Show this comment LQoQK 2 years ago

a photo and a video of the real thing would have been nice

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13. tinynet 2 years ago

#10 I thought that either, but then I thought that it wouldn't be precise. What do you think?