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Results of a high-tech research project to be released next week promise to finally unravel much of the remaining mystery of a 2,000-year-old astronomical calculator (update).
Since its discovery in 1902, the Antikythera Mechanism -- with its intricate and baffling system of about 30 geared wheels -- has been an enigma. Our knowledge of its functions has increased as computer-based imaging, analysis and X-ray technologies have evolved. During the last 50 years, researchers have identified various astronomical and calendar functions, including gears that mimic the movement of the sun and moon.
But it has taken some of the most advanced technology of the 21st century to decipher during the past year the most advanced technology of the 1st century B.C.
No artifact this complex has been recovered from the ancient world, though there are numerous written references, by Greek and later by Arab writers, to different types of geared mechanisms. The level of mechanical sophistication found in the Antikythera Mechanism was not to be seen again until the rise of European clock-making during the Middle Ages, more than a millennium later.
An international team of researchers will reveal the results of this most recent research, carried out over the past year with help from HP Laboratories and X-Tek Systems, a U.K.-based manufacturer of high resolution X-ray inspection equipment. The Antikythera Mechanism Research Project, a joint effort by researchers in Greece and the United Kingdom, hosts a two-day conference starting Nov. 30 in Athens.
The team includes astrophysicists, radio astronomers, mathematicians and philologists (philology is the study of ancient texts and original documents), reflecting the complexity of the Antikythera Mechanism (see related story detailing the research project group).
Team members wouldn't comment beforehand on the details. But they are confident they've unraveled many of the remaining puzzles.
See a slide show of the mechanism.
"We believe we've found the functions with regard to the sun and moon movements, and to its calendrical function," says Michael Edmunds, a professor in the School of Physics and Astronomy at Cardiff University in Wales, and a specialist in the chemical composition of galaxies. The Mechanism caught his interest when he was working in 2000 with a student who chose the device as a research project.
That's exactly what I said "They've Found the Stargate!"By Anonymous on January 17, 2007, 2:20 amWhen my coworker showed me the newspaper article, I said this loud enough so every could hear me. But they already know that I am "crazy" enough to believe in this...
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Re: Andrew Many thanks for theseBy Andrew T Ramsey on December 4, 2006, 1:28 pmHi Emily, Yes, all 82 fragments were recovered in 1901. It's quite likely that they were all in one or just a few pieces then, maybe even in the wooden box (which...
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Re: Dammit, I missed the party!By Andrew T Ramsey on December 4, 2006, 1:23 pmHi Tim, Yes, you missed a great conference. Keep reading - there's a lot more on the web now. I'll be on BBC Radio 4 Tuesday 12th Dec at 11am GMT. Hopefully it'll...
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Slide show brokenBy Andrew T Ramsey on December 4, 2006, 1:18 pmHi Franco, Which slide show is broken? The main Antikythera Mechanism Research Project website went down under the weight of numbers of people on Friday. If it's...
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Andrew Many thanks for theseBy Emily Simpson on December 2, 2006, 9:30 amAndrew Many thanks for these fascinating posts. Is there any chance of recovering further fragments of the device in the future? Were all 82 pieces found...
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