The Antikythera Mechanism: Ancient Tech From a Lost Civilization?

The Antikythera Mechanism has been called the world's first analog computer—but who built it, and how was such astonishing technology created more than 2,000 years ago? In this episode, we explore the remarkable discovery of this ancient device, how it tracked the movements of the heavens with incredible precision, and why it continues to challenge our understanding of the ancient world. Was it simply a masterpiece of Greek engineering, or could it be a surviving relic of knowledge inherited from a lost civilization? JOIN ME ON A TOURSources:https://www.nature.com/articles/nature05357https://www.nature.com/articles/s41599-018-0210-9?utm_source=chatgpt.comhttps://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-021-84310-whttps://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Cicero/de_Natura_Deorum/2B%2A.html?utm_source=chatgpt.comhttps://antikythera-mechanism.namuseum.gr/en/science-historian/?utm_source=chatgpt.comhttps://www.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/research/projects/inscriptions-antikythera-mechanism