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Antikythera Mechanism Article at the Smithsonian

19 Apr 2015 - Nic Ho Chee

I loved reading about the Antikythera Mechanism years ago in the flawed but interesting Fingerprints Of The Gods written by Graham Hancock. A recent post from the Smithsonian piqued my interest and suggests that the clock had gears which represented all the visible planets. Check out the article over at the Smithsonian Online.

Image of the NAMA Machine d'Anticythère 1 is Licensed under CC BY 2.5 via Wikimedia Commons.