People light candles for victims of a former student who opened fire at a school, killing 10 people before taking his own life, Graz, Austria, Tuesday, June 10, 2025 ...

Was it Greek genius, lost technology, or something even stranger? The answers may shock you.

The Antikythera Mechanism, currently housed at the National Archaeological Museum. Credit: ZDE/Wikimedia Commons/CC BY-SA 4.0 The Antikythera Mechanism, widely believed to be the world’s first ...

Thought to be more than 2,000 years old, the Antikythera mechanism is widely considered the first computer in history, an analog calculator that was way ahead of its time… or was it? A new study ...

Divers found the Antikythera mechanism in a shipwreck in 1900. Zde via Wikimedia Commons under CC BY-SA 4.0 More than a century ago, a group of sponge divers discovered a shipwreck near the Greek ...

More than a century on from being spotted and salvaged by sponge divers in the Mediterranean Sea, the Antikythera mechanism continues to excite academic research and the public imagination.

Fragments of the Antikythera Mechanism at the National Archaeological Museum of Athens. © Zde, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0, via ...

The mysterious Antikythera Mechanism may not have been a cryptic celestial measuring device, but just a toy prone to constant jamming. And the secret to its true purpose, according to new research ...

The remains of the Antikythera Mechanism at the National Archaeological Museum of Athens. Credit: Guillermo Carvajal / labrujulaverde.com The Antikythera Mechanism is a complex system of bronze gears ...

The Antikythera mechanism was similar in size to a mantel ... is for eclipses. Losmi Chobi / AP Images Experts have been working to decipher inscriptions hidden inside the mechanism, in particular ...

Based on those images, they hypothesized that the mechanism ... “It’s given me a new appreciation for the Antikythera mechanism and the work and care that Greek craftspeople put into making ...

In 2020, new X-ray images of one of the mechanism’s rings, known as the calendar ring, revealed fresh details of regularly spaced holes that sit beneath the ring. Since the ring was broken and ...