Friday, June 16, 2006
Ancient 'computer' starts to yield secrets
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(Sapa-AFP - IOL News) from Greece.
The size of a shoebox, a mysterious bronze device scooped out of a Roman-era shipwreck at the dawn of the 20th century has baffled scientists for years.
Now researchers have stunningly established it as the world's oldest surviving astronomy computer.
A team of Greek and British scientists probing the secrets of the Antikythera Mechanism has managed to decipher ancient Greek inscriptions unseen for over 2 000 years, members of the project say.
"Part of the text on the machine, over 1 000 characters, had already been deciphered, but we have succeeded in doubling this total," says physician Yiannis Bitsakis, member of a multi-disciplinary team of researchers from universities in Athens, Salonika and Cardiff, the Athens National...
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Storms in the USAPosted by SilverJade Posted by Ninja T. Penguin
(Sapa-AFP - IOL News) from Greece.
The size of a shoebox, a mysterious bronze device scooped out of a Roman-era shipwreck at the dawn of the 20th century has baffled scientists for years.
Now researchers have stunningly established it as the world's oldest surviving astronomy computer.
A team of Greek and British scientists probing the secrets of the Antikythera Mechanism has managed to decipher ancient Greek inscriptions unseen for over 2 000 years, members of the project say.
"Part of the text on the machine, over 1 000 characters, had already been deciphered, but we have succeeded in doubling this total," says physician Yiannis Bitsakis, member of a multi-disciplinary team of researchers from universities in Athens, Salonika and Cardiff, the Athens National...
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