Antikythera Mechanism Recreated
Saturday, December 13th, 2008The device was discovered more than a century ago by sponge divers from the Aegean island of Symi.
In 1900, after a gale blew them off course, they took shelter by a barren islet called Antikythera.
When the storm abated, they went diving. Instead of sponges, the divers found a large heap of
bronze and marble statues. They [...]