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In the grand tapestry of world languages and scripts, one stands out as a symbol of enduring beauty and historical significance – the Greek alphabet. With its roots tracing back over two millennia, this script has left an indelible mark on the world, from the cradle of democracy to the frontiers of modern science and mathematics.
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny is set in 1969, and Indy regrets that…
Stunned researchers discover that, in addition to accurately tracing the movement of the sun, moon and predicting when eclipses would occur, the Antikythera Mechanism created by the Ancient Greeks around 100-200BC also tracked the movements of Venus and Saturn. “Our work reveals the Antikythera Mechanism as a beautiful conception, translated by superb engineering into a device of genius,” the study concludes about the creation considered to be the world’s first computer.
The Western Australian Museum is holding an exhibition of the full scale replica of the…
Hercules had to complete 12 heroic labours to be absolved of guilt and to become…
Stunned researchers discover that, in addition to accurately tracing the movement of the sun, moon and predicting when eclipses would occur, the Antikythera Mechanism created by the Ancient Greeks around 100-200BC also tracked the movements of Venus and Saturn. “Our work reveals the Antikythera Mechanism as a beautiful conception, translated by superb engineering into a device of genius,” the study concludes about the creation considered to be the world’s first computer.
The Antikythera mechanism, built-in Greece, is the oldest mechanical ancient computer to be discovered worldwide and was…
Archimedes’ genius seems to emerge more and more clearly through the remaining fragments of the…
The Antikythera mechanism, built in Greece, is the oldest mechanical ancient computer to be discovered worldwide, and…
Stunned researchers discover that, in addition to accurately tracing the movement of the sun, moon and predicting when eclipses would occur, the Antikythera Mechanism created by the Ancient Greeks around 100-200BC also tracked the movements of Venus and Saturn. “Our work reveals the Antikythera Mechanism as a beautiful conception, translated by superb engineering into a device of genius,” the study concludes about the creation considered to be the world’s first computer.
The Antikythera mechanism, built in Greece, is the oldest mechanical ancient computer to be discovered worldwide, and…
The Antikythera Mechanism, an Ancient Greek artefact often hailed as the ‘world’s first computer’ will…
The Antikythera mechanism, built in Greece, is the oldest mechanical ancient computer to be discovered worldwide, and…
A wealth of treasures brought to light from the Antikythera Wreck The infamous Antikythera Shipwreck…