2,000 Years Ahead: The Antikythera Mechanism, Ancient Greece’s Mysterious Computer

Antikythera Mechanism: The 2,000-Year-Old Computer Nobody Can Explain This Ancient Greek Device Was 2,000 Years Ahead of Its Time In 1901, divers found a corroded lump of bronze in an ancient shipwreck near the Greek island of Antikythera. Inside were precise gears able to track the Moon, the Sun and eclipses. How did the ancient Greeks build something this advanced? Join us as we explore the device often called the world’s first analog computer. 0:00 Intro 1:00 The shipwreck and the discovery in 1901 2:50 A lump of bronze that puzzled scientists 4:40 What the gears actually do 6:30 Predicting eclipses and the Moon’s phases 8:20 X-ray and CT scans reveal the secrets 9:50 Who built it, and why nothing like it appeared for centuries #AntikytheraMechanism #AncientGreece #AncientTechnology #HistoryMysteries #Archaeology