The Antikythera Mechanism
This is probably one of the finest ancient creations ever. The most primitive computer on this planet. This interested me so much that I simply had to do more research on the matter. In particular I watched a video with a college proffesor that made a perfect home made model representation of the mechanism. This ancient device was used to tell dates to tell the positions of the moon, sun, stars, and basically a map for see goers. There is a nob which when turned, turns the mechanism to different days indicated on the mechanism. As the nob turns, multiple rings shift, and are used to identify the positions of celestial objects. This is definitely a fascinating piece of technology, and makes me wonder how people so ancient could make such amazing technology, and make me realize that there must be much mre we don't know about to discover.
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