The Antikythera mechanism (205 B.C.E.), in the collection of National Archaeological Museum, Athens. Photo: Fine Art Images/Heritage Images/Getty Images.

THE mystery deepens around the famous shipwreck that held the 2,000-year-old relic dubbed the “world’s first computer”. The Antikythera wreck sank in the first century BC off the ...

It was a mechanical marvel, so advanced that it baffled archaeologists and scientists for over a century. A device that would later be hailed as the world’s first analog computer—the Antikythera ...

The Antikythera Mechanism, a remarkable device discovered in an ancient shipwreck off the coast of Greece, has long been a source of mystery for historians and scientists alike. For decades, ...

The Antikythera mechanism was thought to have been used by the ancient Greeks to calculate the movements of the Sun, Moon, and other planets, as well as eclipses. Only a fragment of it survived ...

The isolated Greek island of Antikythera, lying at the edge of the Aegean Sea between Crete and the Peloponnese, reminds one ...

New research adds a twist to the story of this famous device, suggesting the Antikythera Mechanism may never have worked as intended, that it was just a fancy knickknack. The triangular shape of ...

Divers found the Antikythera mechanism in a shipwreck in 1900. Zde via Wikimedia Commons under CC BY-SA 4.0 More than a century ago, a group of sponge divers discovered a shipwreck near the Greek ...

Fragments of the Antikythera Mechanism, an ancient Greek analog computer that is believed to be used to help teach Greeks about our place in the cosmos. Credit: National Archaeological Museum ...

Excavations at mysterious Antikythera shipwreck in Greece, which was in the new ‘Indiana Jones,’ revealed bones, marble, pottery and more.

The Antikythera mechanism, a mysterious ancient Greek device that is often called the world’s first computer, may not have functioned at all, according to a simulation of its workings.

Scientists believe the find could push the boundaries of DNA analysis. Divers work next to skeletal remains found at an ancient shipwreck near the island of Antikythera, Greece, Sept. 6, 2016 ...