Ancient computer.(History in the News)(Brief article)

From: History Today | Date: February 1, 2007 | Copyright information

An ancient Greek calculating device has proved to hold more secrets than experts first believed. The Antikythera mechanism has been studied by scientists and historians since it was retrieved from the ocean floor near Crete around 1901. Coins date the wreck to around 85 BC but the inscriptions on the machine suggest it was in use up to thirty years earlier and m...

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