A new simulation study finds that the Antikythera Mechanism, the celebrated ancient Greek device often called the world’s first analog computer, would have frequently seized up or fallen out of sync ...

More than two millennia ago, Greek craftsmen built a bronze machine that could track the heavens with a precision that would not be matched for centuries. Hidden inside a corroded lump recovered from ...

In the azure waters off the coast of Antikythera, Greece, a chance discovery in the early 20th century transformed our understanding of ancient technology. A sponge diver, exploring the remnants of a ...