7 Secrets of the Antikythera Mechanism, History’s Oldest Computer
In the spring of 1900, a group of Greek sponge divers sheltering from a storm dropped anchor near a tiny, barren island called Antikythera, halfway between Crete and mainland Greece. When the weather cleared, they dove — and instead of sponges, they found a 2,000-year-old shipwreck packed with bronze statues, marble figures, jewelry, and glassware,…