When winter draws in on Antikythera, the already meagre population of the isolated Greek island shrinks to almost nothing. "There are 20 to 25 of us, no children, no bakery," said local leader Giorgos ...
If you've ever fancied ditching the rat race for a more peaceful life, one remote island in Greece is offering a monthly ...
A remote Greek island is offering free houses and thousands of dollars in cash for young families to move there so they can ...
The tiny island of Antikythera is offering incentives to families and skilled workers to relocate there, including free food, ...
For the first time, more than 80 objects from the Antikythera Shipwreck are exhibited in Athens, in the most complete ...
And yet, they built. Granted, not every artifact was as complex as the Antikythera mechanism, but still, this ancient astronomical computer exists, and must have come from someone’s workshop.
Mexican scientists and teachers from the University of Sonora in northwestern Mexico have successfully recreated the Antikythera mechanism, the oldest mechanical computer in humanity. The replica ...
In 1901, researchers discovered what's now known as the Antikythera mechanism in a sunken shipwreck, an ancient artifact that dates back to the second century BC, making it the world's "oldest ...
In 1900 a group of sponge divers found the wreck of a ship off the coast of the Greek island of Antikythera. Among the items salvaged was a corroded bronze object, the purpose of which was not at ...
When winter begins in Antikythera, its population shrinks to almost nothing. Antikythera is a rural, isolated island in Greece. Antikythera, like many rural parts of the country, has suffered ...
The Antikythera Mechanism is a mysterious ancient device used to calculate lunar cycles, planet motions, and more. Over 2,000-years-old, it was far more advanced than any other technology of its time.