Scientists are one step closer to unlocking the secrets of the 2,000-year-old Antikythera Mechanism, considered the world’s first computer, thanks to a new computer-generated reconstruction of the ...

A British museum curator has built a working replica of a 2,000-year-old Greek machine that has been called the world's first computer. A dictionary-size assemblage of 37 interlocking dials crafted ...

Google’s Doodles throw up all kinds of interesting anniversaries, and today’s is as fascinating as any, celebrating the 115th anniversary of the discovery of the Antikythera mechanism. In some circles ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Antikythera Mechanism, sometimes described as the world's oldest computer, on display at the Archaeological Museum in Athens.

HEFEI, Nov. 4 (Xinhua) -- A replica of an ancient Greek mechanism used to calculate the positions of heavenly bodies such as the sun and the moon is on display at the Museum of the University of ...

The 2,000-year-old, hand-powered device displayed the motion of the universe, thus predicting the movement of five planets, the different phases of the moon, as well as the lunar and solar eclipses.

The calculator which is more than 2,000 years old is said to be able to predict the movement of five known planets as well as the phases of the moon and solar and lunar eclipses You can save this ...