A new study of one of antiquity’s celebrated conundrums challenges “the century-long assumption of a 365-day calendar on the Antikythera Mechanism,” according to the authors of a new paper. Not only do they give a synopsis of their findings and methods supporting them, but the full paper may be downloaded. More challenges to traditional archaeological […]

Thanks to advances in the detection of bronze objects, a tantalizing new metal item has been found in the still-submerged shipwreck where the Antikythera Mechanism was discovered. X-rays have revealed that it was decorated with the figure of a bull, and other items have been dredged up too, including parts of statues. Researchers believe that […]

Many marvel at the mangled mass of a clockwork computer found more than a century ago, but Greg Taylor and Chris of Clickspring Projects are going to blow your mind. Chris is rebuilding the gadget in painstaking detail. Sure it’s a breeze with modern machinery, but Chris’s guesses regarding ancient techniques make the Antikythera mechanism’s […]

Mysterious? More like spooky because divers found a skeleton amidst the wreckage which gave up the fêted Antikythera Mechanism. Brett Tingley takes it at face value these bones aren’t those of an anunnaki since the circumstances are particularly noteworthy. Let alone the fact sciencists may be able to extract this poor soul’s DNA. Meanwhile, evidence […]

The celebrated mechanism isn’t the only curiosity retrieved from the Mediterranean’s depths. A new expedition is underway, exploring the wreckage in hopes of uncovering more ancient marvels according to Greg Taylor. While Antikythera was this ship’s port of call, from whence did it hail? Maybe Atlantis? A perfectly cromulent proposal if EsoterX didn’t cast doubt […]

A recent deep-sea dive to the site of the discovery of the Antikythera mechanism turned up even more mysterious artifacts and clues that might lead to the discovery of another such anomaly. Take a look at this video demonstrating a working model of the incredible 2000 year old computer. — Delivered by Feed43 service