The Antikythera Mystery — The Advanced Ancient Computer That Shouldn’t Have Ever Existed



by Accomplished-Cry-217

3 Comments

  1. What part of the mechanism is the diagram at 7:20 supposed to represent?

    For content on the mechanism that doesn’t include AI images of actual objects, the YouTube channel Clickspring is working on a reconstruction using period methods.

    > https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZioPDnFPNsHnyxfygxA0to4RXv4_jDU2

     

    Not mentioned here is this Byzantine calendar that has similarities to the Antikythera mechanism.

    > https://collection.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/objects/co1082/byzantine-sundial-calendar

  2. Substantial_System66 on

    It was an orrery. There are historical accounts of multiple of them in Ancient Greece. There’s no reason to believe it shouldn’t have existed.