An international team used specially developed X-ray scanning and imaging technology to analyze the corroded bronze of the the Antikythera Mechanism, revealing hidden machinery and a form of written user’s manual.
“It was a pocket calculator of the time,” said John Seiradakis, a professor of astronomy at the University of Thessaloniki. The box-shaped mechanism – the size of office paper and operated with a hand-crank – could predict an eclipse to a precise hour on a specific day.
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