Ever since being salvaged by sponge divers in the Greek Mediterranean in 1901, the Antikythera mechanism has captured the imaginations of archaeologists and scientists with penchant for antiquity. A ...

Even though the two thousand year-old Antikythera Mechanism has been touted as the world’s first computer, its true function was arguably that of the world’s first ‘STEM’ project. While its function ...

The mysterious Antikythera Mechanism may not have been a cryptic celestial measuring device, but just a toy prone to constant jamming. And the secret to its true purpose, according to new research, is ...

Scientists are one step closer to unlocking the secrets of the 2,000-year-old Antikythera Mechanism, considered the world’s first computer, thanks to a new computer-generated reconstruction of the ...

A bronze chair arm — possibly the remains of an ancient throne — and a piece of a Greek board game are among the latest treasures raised from the site of the famous shipwreck Antikythera. The ship, ...

Marine archaeologists have revealed the latest discoveries from the site of the Antikythera shipwreck, famous for the "Antikythera Mechanism," which has been described as an ancient computer. The ...

If you thought the history of computers started with Charles Babbage and Ada Lovelace, think again! In fact, the world's oldest computer is a 2,000-year-old astronomical calculator created by the ...

Buried beneath sand and the fragments of ancient pottery, researchers have discovered the 2,000-year-old remains of a sailor who died upon the ill-fated 'Antikythera ship.' Archaeologists have ...

Thought to be more than 2,000 years old, the Antikythera mechanism is widely considered the first computer in history, an analog calculator that was way ahead of its time… or was it? A new study ...

"Decoding The Antikythera Mechanism: Science and Technology in Ancient Greece," a conference beginning Thursday's in Athens, is devoted solely to a 2,000 year old bronze artefact that has puzzled and ...

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