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How the Ancient Greeks Invented the First Computer: An Introduction to the Antikythera Mechanism (Circa 87 BC)

https://www.openculture.com/2023/07/how-the-ancient-greeks-invented-the-first-computer.html

How the Ancient Greeks Invented the First Computer: An Introduction to the Antikythera Mechanism (Circa 87 BC)

At the center of Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny is a device quite like the real ancient Greek artifact known as the Antikythera mechanism, which has been called the world's oldest computer.

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Jul 27, 2023 at 8:12pmWeb
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@openculture the original #antikytheramechanism and a reconstructed model is at the national archaeological museum in #Athens, and a 4 times larger than the original reconstructed model is at the Potamos village in #Kythira #Kythera #Cerigo island!