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LONDON ENGLAND-Living science reports that researchers at University College London believe they have created a digital model of the complete Antikythera mechanism. An estimated one-third of the 2,100-year-old corroded brass device was discovered in 1900 in a Roman shipwreck off the coast of the Greek island of Antikythera. Its intricate hand-actuated gears are believed to have been set to display the motions of the five known planets, the sun, the phases of the moon, and solar and lunar eclipses around the Earth, in relation to the timing of events such as games. Olympians. The researchers built the digital version with information from inscriptions found on the mechanism, a mathematical model of the movement of the planets around the Earth developed by the ancient Greek philosopher Parmenides, and previous research on the possible operation of the device, including a constructed replica. by Michael Wright of the London Science Museum. The team members now plan to build a physical version of their recreation to see if it could have actually worked, and then try to build a replica using old technologies. “There is no evidence that the ancient Greeks could build something like this,” said materials scientist Adam Wojcik. “The only way to test if they could is to try to build it in the ancient Greek style.” Read the original academic article on this research at Scientific reports. To read about another Antikythera shipwreck discovery, go to “Antikythera Man,” one of ARCHEOLOGY’s Top 10 Discoveries of 2016.
