We’ve seen several instances before which hint at ancient civilizations possessing knowledge or access to advance technologies beyond their means – technical knowledge and devices that would not have been invented for tens of thousands of years. Another interesting case popped up this week related to an ancient Greek funerary relief sculpture dated to about…
Tag: computing
The mysterious Antikythera Mechanism – does 14th century technology exist in a 2,000-year-old device?
Discovered on a shipwreck off the coast of Antikythera in 1901, some have called the Antikythera Mechanism the first analog computer; others the first mechanical computing device. Consisting of a sophisticated, intricate system of bronze gears, wheels, and differential cogs, the technology used to construct the device resembles that of 18th century clocks. You can…








