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.

Throughout history, there have been intriguing references in ancient texts to devices and mechanisms that bear a striking resemblance to modern computers. These descriptions, while often shrouded in ...

More than 2,000 years ago, Greek artisans built a compact machine of interlocking gears that could track the heavens with a precision that still unsettles modern engineers. The corroded fragments of ...

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In the azure waters off the coast of Antikythera, Greece, a chance discovery in the early 20th century transformed our understanding of ancient technology. A sponge diver, exploring the remnants of a ...

A Greek shipwreck holds the remains of an intricate bronze machine that turns out to be the world's first computer. (This program is no longer available for streaming.) In 1900, a storm blew a ...