In the first century BC, a Roman ship sunk in the sea of \u200b\u200bGreece, his treasure, the products of trade between ancient Greece and Rome, was unearthed in 1900 by an underwater archaeological expedition after the accidental discovery by some fishermen. Among the finds a mysterious object consisting of a cluster of bronze rather corroded. After a decade of studies are beginning to understand the mechanism used to wonder with astronomical calculations, but more recent investigations using advanced imaging technologies have revealed a lot more and almost entirely possible to reconstruct its mode of operation. The Antikythera Calculator (after the location where it was found) was used to calculate the lunar and solar eclipses for the years to come, reproduces extremely precise movements of the moon and planets and remembered the dates of public events like the Olympics. The ancient Greek astronomers, based on observations of the sky made by the Babylonians, were able to develop an advanced astronomical science mathematician who had subsequently been applied in a highly sophisticated device for calculating mechanical gears. Before you see a review unit of similar complexity in any other civilization will have to go more than a thousand years. If this object was not found no one could suspect that the computer was invented two thousand years ago probably from parts of Alexandria.
To learn how to have taken place in recent surveys that have used cutting-edge CT scanner, I suggest you read the artcolo published in "The Science" in February 2010. The whole history of the discovery will also be the subject of a movie.
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