In 1901, a group of sponge divers searching the waters off the Greek island of Antikythera stumbled upon the wreck of an old Roman cargo ship. Along with statues, glassware and pottery, they pulled up a small, badly corroded lump of bronze and wood that no one could immediately explain.

A shipwreck off the Greek island Antikythera revealed in 1901 a bronze mechanism over 2,000 years old that tracked lunar and solar cycles and eclipses, now seen as the first…

Nel 1901, un naufragio al largo dell’isola greca di Anticitera portò alla luce un ingranaggio di bronzo di oltre 2.000 anni, capace di calcolare cicli lunari e solari e le…

In 1901, a group of sponge divers searching the waters off the Greek island of Antikythera stumbled upon the wreck of an old Roman cargo ship. Along with statues, glassware and…