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Topic started on 15-12-2008 @ 05:05 PM by ashamedamerican

Antikythera: A 2,000-year-old Greek computer comes back to life


www.guardian.co.uk
The mystery of how the Greeks had made a machine that appeared to be 1800 years ahead of its time and why that knowledge was seemingly lost is fascinating, but Marchant's story is really about the scientists and engineers who have fallen under the spell of the Antikythera mechanism over the last century. It is a gripping tale of scientific obsession, rivalry and skulduggery.
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reply posted on 15-12-2008 @ 05:05 PM by ashamedamerican
I was surprised to see that this hadn't been posted.
The Antikythera mechanism has been resonstructed, I found this very interesting, watch this video of it in action.

The original pieces were found in a shipwreck over a century ago.
Michael Wright, a museum curator from london has reconstructed it.

www.guardian.co.uk
(visit the link for the full news article)


reply posted on 15-12-2008 @ 07:14 PM by Perseus Apex
reply to post by sylph hugger



Careful with the History Channel aka Misinformation channel. Though entertaining at times the History channel is famous within the scientific community for rewriting and reinterpreting history towards achieving the agenda of the international bankster owned NWO.



reply posted on 15-12-2008 @ 07:17 PM by sylph hugger
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Yes, I suspect you are right and take everything I watch there with a grain of salt.

However, it is still an interesting program!


reply posted on 15-12-2008 @ 07:45 PM by ashamedamerican
It makes you wonder what else they had in history that we don't know about.
Look at the Baghdad Battery for example.


And what about the ancient airplane sculptures in south america.

Or ancient egyptian hieroglyphic flying machines.


I think we actually know very little about our own history.
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