The 2000-year-old Antikythera mechanism may have been a kind of astronomical calculator, but researchers are unsure whether it would have worked without jamming ...

A pair of physicists at Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata, in Argentina, have created a computer simulation of the famed ...

Over 120 years ago, sponge divers off the coast of the Greek island Antikythera unearthed one of the most enigmatic ...

Researchers simulated the device's ancient gear system to find out whether the contraption actually worked. Apparently, it ...

It took Andrew Carol 30 days to build a working model of the Antikythera Mechanism—the ancient Greek world's most ...

NEW research into a mysterious 2,000-year-old relic may have finally revealed its true purpose – and it’s very different to ...

The original mechanism involved 37 gear-wheels held together ... Physical evidence of an ancient technology is rare, says professor of Greek and Roman studies John Humphrey of the University ...

The mysterious Antikythera Mechanism is 2,000 years old and has long puzzled scientists. New research into its ...