In a glass case in Cairo, a 5,000-year-old stone disc carved from fragile schist looks less like a ritual object and more ...

More than two millennia ago, Greek craftsmen built a bronze machine that could track the heavens with a precision that would not be matched for centuries. Hidden inside a corroded lump recovered from ...

In the azure waters off the coast of Antikythera, Greece, a chance discovery in the early 20th century transformed our understanding of ancient technology. A sponge diver, exploring the remnants of a ...

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The Antikythera mechanism, a mysterious ancient Greek device that is often called the world’s first computer, may not have functioned at all, according to a simulation of its workings. But researchers ...