The Antikythera Mechanism: A Shocking Discovery from Ancient Greece.

In 1901, some divers looking for sponges, near the island of Antikythera, found the remains of a clockwork-like mechanism in the wreck of a ship that sank approximately 2,000 years ago.

Its complexity and importance were not understood until decades later. It is believed to have been made in the years 100–150 I.H. Technological artifacts of similar compl…