The Antikythera mechanism: a 2,000-year-old computer from a shipwreck

Divers pulled a lump of corroded bronze from a Greek wreck in 1901. X-ray scans later revealed dozens of gears built to predict eclipses and planetary positions.

Divers pulled a lump of corroded bronze from a Greek wreck in 1901. X-ray scans later revealed dozens of gears built to predict eclipses and planetary positions.