About the Antikythera Mechanism Research Project

The team and technical support providers.

The Antikythera Mechanism Research Project is a joint investigative effort sponsored by the Greek Hellenic Ministry of Culture and the National Archaeological Museum. Funding is from the Leverhulme Trust.

The academic research team is drawn from: University of Cardiff, Cardiff, Wales; National & Kapodistrian University of Athens; Aristotle University of Thessaloniki; and National Bank of Greece Cultural Foundation.

Team members are.

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The Antikythera Mechanism Research Project is a joint investigative effort sponsored by the Greek Hellenic Ministry of Culture and the National Archaeological Museum. Funding is from the Leverhulme Trust.

The academic research team is drawn from: University of Cardiff, Cardiff, Wales; National & Kapodistrian University of Athens; Aristotle University of Thessaloniki; and National Bank of Greece Cultural Foundation.

Team members are.

• Mike Edmunds, professor, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Cardiff, his main research focus has been the chemical composition of galaxies.

• John Seiradakis, radioastronomer, Department of Physics, Aristotle University, researching neutron stars, flare stars and the center of the Milky Way Galaxy.

• Xenophon Moussas, associate professor in Space Physics, University of Athens, and director of the university's Space Physics laboratory.

• Tony Freeth, mathematician and documentary filmmaker; research consultant, Cardiff University.

• Yanis Bitsakis, physicist with FORTH Photonics, where he specializes in multi-spectral imaging in the analysis and conservation of objects of artistic and historical value.

• Agamemnon Tselikas, a specialist in ancient Greek and Latin writing, whose work includes 120 paleographical missions amassing a microfilm archive of 7,500 manuscripts.

Technical support is provided by: X-Tek Systems, HP, Images First, Volume Graphics and Keele University.

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