Scientists solve another piece of the puzzling Antikythera mechanism (Vigte: it's a star-calender, like everyone thought)

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[–]InvoluntaryHalibut 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Neat. Its a good thing they engraved the instructions of how to use it on the back.

[–]Pononimus 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

How sad it took them so long to figure this out. I read in Science Digest ten years ago that the mystery of the Antykythera Mechanism had been solved and that it is, indeed, a mechanical computer made for exactly plotting and charting the movement of stars and planets. Still, it's nice it's finally getting out into the mainstream