Ancient Mystery.............

[jimmyvegas]

A riddle for the ages may be a small step closer to a solution: Who made the famed Antikythera Mechanism, the astronomical calculator that was raised from an ancient shipwreck near Crete in 1901? The complex clocklike assembly of bronze gears and display dials predates other known examples of sim...

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/25/s...mc_id&bicmp=AD&bicmst=1409232722000&smtyp=cur

 

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[Sheldon J]

It took them years to finally decide just what it was once they had found this fascinating device.
This complex clock work was at first thought to be a modern era machine somehow found on site. It was later decided it had come from a far more ancient time, only recently have they been able to determine its actual function and make a operational duplicate!

On a side note now Leonardo can no longer be credited for some if his inventions but are actually re discoveries of lost technology, which makes one wonder just what else has been lost to time ....

 

[Charlie P. (NY)]

What great discoveries had to be rediscovered with the loss of the Library of Alexandria? The book burnings of the Inquisition. The destruction of "heathen" scrolls and texts by missionaries and conquerors. The History Channel.

We are doomed as a species I'm afraid.

 

[austin]

We are smart and advanced. Nutella is a gift from the gods. So is peach cobbler...