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The 2,000-Year-Old Device That Should Not Exist
· 2 h 56 min
Episode The 2,000-Year-Old Device That Should Not Exist
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What if the most sophisticated machine ever built in the ancient world spent two thousand years dissolving on the seafloor — and we almost missed it entirely?
In this episode, we explore the Antikythera Mechanism — a hand-cranked bronze computer built in the first century BCE, capable of tracking the positions of the Sun, Moon and all five visible planets, predicting eclipses to within hours, and counting down to the next Olympic Games.
Settle in, get comfortable, and drift off while we explore somewhere two thousand years ago.
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