#antikythera mechanism

[somethingusefulfromflorida]

*I'm going to look like an idiot if it's not about time travel

[palatinewolfsblog]

The Moment of Truth. "We are all here for some special reason. Stop being a prisoner of the past. Become the architect of your future." Robin Sharma.

[ancientorigins]

It’s no secret that ancient Greece was one of history’s greatest civilizations. There’s a lot to discover but these 7 fascinating facts are a great place to start.

[verdantlyviolet]

You guys you guys you guys today I saw a replica of the Antikythera Mechanism!! Made by an engineer from my state, Dr Nick Andronis.

In 2022, Western Australian engineer Dr Nick Andronis completed a scale replica to extraordinary technical accuracy. He studied the latest research into the mechanism, including highly detailed CT scans and wanted to replicate, as much as possible, the tools and techniques that would have been available to the ancient Greeks. It is the first known replica based on the most recent research and digital reconstructions. [ x ]

[ireton]

The Antikythera Mechanism (also known as the Antikythera Device), dated to the late 2nd century/early 1st century BC (roughly 205-60 BC) is understood as the world's first analog computer, created to accurately calculate the position of the sun, moon, and planets. It was found in 1901 off the Greek island of Antikythera, giving it its name.

The mechanism, thought to have originally been over a foot tall and housed in a wooden box, was discovered as a corroded lump of metal amidst the wreckage of an ancient merchant vessel that also carried statuary, amphorae, and other goods. There were so many artifacts retrieved from the wreckage that the oddly formed and unidentified lump went unnoticed until 1902 when it was seen by the Greek archaeologist Valerios Stais in a workroom at the National Archaeological Museum in Athens. Work on deciphering the meaning and purpose of the device began soon after and continues to the present day.

[limitiv]

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[lokkie83]

It took me a while but here are the last pics of my trip to Greece. The good news is i'll be there again in 2 months, so i can bore you with way too many pics again afterwards 😂

These are from the National Archeological museum in Athens, that was SO HUGE we spent way too many hours in there, but contains some incredibly famous pieces that everyone has seen or heard of, like the mask of Agamemnon or the Antikythera mechanism. 

[archaeologysucks]

know anything cool about the antikythera mechanism?? I'd love to hear about it!

Unfortunately I don’t know anything about it that can’t be turned up by a quick search. It’s not from my era of study. But it is definitely an outstanding artifact that highlights the technological knowledge and skill of the culture that created it. Humans are pretty clever and kind of amazing.

[gemsofgreece]

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Apparently the new Indiana Jones movie is about an ancient Greek artifact the famous "first computer" with the Antikythera mechanism that in the movie can change the course of time??

The disk was merely about counting the stars and helping with astronomy not a time machine but that's Hollywood to you 🤣

Shhhhhhhhh let them think Greeks invented time travelling XD

All jokes aside, the Antikythera mechanism is an astrolabe that is a milestone in the history of technology as it is considered the earliest analogue computering invention discovered to date (~2nd c. BC).

I don't know how hard is Indiana Jones trying to find it in his latest movie. If someone had told him it is in the National Archaeological Museum in Athens, it would have saved him a lot of hassle XD

But also, is it me or was that interview super cringe?

Dude is asking Ford whether Greek was hard for him and said he did "not that bad" whereas he is ANT1's correspondent in freaking London and his English is like this... Also, bad questions *sigh*

[historysideblog]

Antikythera Mechanism

[somethingusefulfromflorida]

Every new thing I hear about Indiana Jones 5 is dumber than the last.

The titular "Dial of Destiny" is the Antikythera Mechanism, an orrery, a proto-clockwork model of the solar system which could be used to predict eclipses. If leaks are to be believed, it is somehow being used as a time machine, and reviewers are already complaining about how the movie relies too much on nostalgia, so I know for a fact that means we're gonna see Old Man Indy go back in time and visit Young Original Triology Indy. They're gonna recreate scenes from Raiders and Last Crusade with Old Indy interacting with his younger self. My guess is it'll be like that scene in Back to the Future 2 where Old Doc accidentally meets Young Doc and avoids eye contact so as not to create a paradox. Old Indy will show up in the background and assist Young Indy without him knowing it, and clickbait youtube fanboys will make videos comparing the shots and insisting that Old Indy was always there, "it was planned from the start, way back in the 80s!"

I'm not going to enjoy this movie. I can feel it. It's going to make a billion dollars, and they're gonna make a streaming prequel set in the 20s, or they'll make an Uncharted-style sequel series set in the modern day about Indiana Jones' great-grandson played by Chris Pratt or some shit.

[dailyunsolvedmysteries]

Antikythera mechanism is an ancient Greek mechanical device used to calculate and display information about astronomical phenomena. The remains of this ancient “computer,” now on display in the National Archaeological Museum in Athens, were recovered in 1901 from the wreck of a trading ship that sank in the first half of the 1st century BCE near the island of Antikythera in the Mediterranean Sea. Its manufacture is currently dated to 100 BCE, give or take 30 years.

Consisting of at least 30 bronze gears in a wooden container that was only the size of a shoebox, the clockwork mechanism was highly advanced for its time. By turning a hand-crank, the user could move forward or backward in time. The crank made the gears move and rotate a series of dials and rings on which there are inscriptions and annotations of Greek zodiac signs and Egyptian calendar days. It seems that the information to build such a mechanism was lost through time, perhaps because it was a specialty device or expensive to create. Similar astronomical clocks didn’t reappear in Europe until the 14th century. Since inventions like this do not usually come from nothing, though, many researchers think that we may yet find older precursors in an archaeological context some day.

The mechanism tracked the lunar calendar, predicted eclipses, and charted the position and phase of the moon. It also tracked the seasons and ancient festivals like the Olympics. The calendar is based on the time from one full moon to the next, and a special dial allowed the user to also envision the seasons, which would have been useful for agriculture. Since the ancient Babylonians figured out the cycle of eclipses, the inventor of the Antikythera mechanism included two dials that rotate to show both lunar and solar eclipses. But the most sophisticated thing the mechanism did was lunar calculations—it could figure out the moon’s period at a given time and model its elliptical orbit.

[watchingalotofmovies]

Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny

Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny    [trailer]

Archaeologist Indiana Jones races against time to retrieve a legendary artifact that can change the course of history.

Nostalgia and escapism for the whole family. Well, if you ignore the numerous (bloodless) killings.

I found the action and the chases excessive. For 2 1/2 hours the movie rarely slows down. Mostly filmed with the heavy use of green screen. Understandable considering the star of the movie is an octogenarian.

While I don't like the process in general. I have to admit that visually I had no problem with watching a digitally de-aged Ford. Scary.

The writers took some liberties regarding its purpose, I was still delighted to see the Antikythera mechanism prominently featured.Antikythera mechanism

[archaeolorhi]

Indiana Jones and the REAL Dial of Destiny??

OK BUT WHAT IF I TOLD YOU THE DIAL OF DESTINY EXISTS IRL... KIND OF...

The Antikythera Mechanism is (possibly) the worlds first ever analogue computer, mechanical calendar, planetary navigation device - it does it all! Find out all about it in my new YouTube video, and don't forget to subscribe!! x

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oh, so fascinating.