A Flashback to History

2019-09-02T23:24:25+03:00

The first computer of humanity found in Greece...!!??

The older students of 3dim made a research about a sophisticated technological device found in Greece about 100 years ago, the so-called the Antikythera mechanism, a well hidden secret in the bottom of the sea, for more than 2.000 years!

What was this device? a clock?a calendar? a computer?

The Antikythera mechanism is a 2,000-year-old computer, the first computer of humanity according to scientists.
Sometime before Easter 1900 a Greek sponge diver discovered the wreck of an ancient cargo ship off Antikythera island which is located in the north-west of Crete. Divers retrieved several bronze and marble statues and other artifacts from the site.

However, it was in May 17, 1902 that archaeologists noticed a piece of rock which was a heavily encrusted and corroded mechanism that had survived the shipwreck in three main parts and smaller fragments.
The Antikythera Mechanism is now understood to be an ancient Greek computer dedicated to predict astronomical positions and eclipses for calendar and astrological purposes.
It could also be used to track the four-year cycle of athletic games which was similar to an Olympiad, the cycle of the ancient Olympic Games.

A visitor can see this ancient Greek device in the Archaeological Museum of Athens.

For more information you can watch the following video from the Hellenic Republic, Ministry of Culture and Tourism.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UpLcnAIpVRA