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    Antikythera (/ˌæntɪkɪˈθɪərə/ AN-tik-ih-THEER-ə, US also /ˌæntaɪkɪˈ-/ AN-ty-kih-; Modern Greek: Αντικύθηρα, romanized: Antikýthira, IPA: [andiˈciθira])...
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    The Antikythera mechanism (/ˌæntɪkɪˈθɪərə/ AN-tik-ih-THEER-ə, US also /ˌæntaɪkɪˈ-/ AN-ty-kih-) is an Ancient Greek hand-powered orrery (model of the Solar...
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  • 35°53′23″N 23°18′28″E / 35.8897°N 23.3078°E / 35.8897; 23.3078 Antikythera wreck The Antikythera wreck (Greek: ναυάγιο των Αντικυθήρων, romanized: navágio...
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    The Antikythera Ephebe, registered as Bronze statue of a youth in the museum collections, is a Greek bronze statue of a young man of languorous grace...
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    Antikythera (Greek: Ηρακλής των Αντικυθήρων) is a large ancient Greek marble sculpture of the Greek hero Heracles, found in the wreck of Antikythera among...
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  • 1. "Yesterwynde" 2:43 2. "An Ocean of Strange Islands" 9:26 3. "The Antikythera Mechanism" 5:55 4. "The Day of..." 4:34 5. "Perfume of the Timeless"...
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    and information scientist. He was known for his investigation of the Antikythera mechanism, an ancient Greek planetary computer, and for quantitative...
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  • Navtilos is a small islet of the Sea of Crete. The islet is located about 30 km southeast of the port of Kapsali on the island of Kythira, and 6 km northwest...
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  • thousands of years, probably initially in the form of a tally stick. The Antikythera mechanism, dating from about the beginning of the first century BC, is...
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    a 6th-century BC votive relief from the island of Thassos. Antikythera Ephebe Antikythera mechanism Aphrodite of Syracuse Apollo Omphalos Armed Aphrodite...
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    example is the Antikythera Mechanism, a 2,000 year old Greek analogue computer that was found off the coast of the Greek island Antikythera in the year 1900...
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    Retrieved 2008-03-17. "Solid Models of the Antikythera Mechanism | Antikythera Mechanism Research Project". www.antikythera-mechanism.gr. Archived from the original...
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  • on the history of astronomy and science within society. He heads the Antikythera Mechanism Research Project: an international collaboration investigating...
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    England. He is known for his analysis of the original fragments of the Antikythera mechanism and for the reconstruction of this Ancient Greek brass mechanism...
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  • teardrop-shaped lead weight was discovered in the ongoing exploration of the Antikythera wreck by archeologists from the Hellenic Ministry of Culture and Sports...
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    Since the early 2000s he was heavily involved in the decoding of the Antikythera mechanism. He was a founding member of the Hellenic Astronomical Society...
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    astronomical positions. It was discovered in 1901 in the Antikythera wreck off the Greek island of Antikythera, between Kythera and Crete, and has been dated to...
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    Petalouda Pontikaki Pontikonisi Praso (Prasonisi) Prosfora Pseira Sideros Souda Valenti Vryonisi Other Ionian Islands Antikythera Kythira Euboea Makronisos...
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    Laconian Gulf, ESE Corfu Kefalonia Ithaca Zakynthos Lefkada Paxi Kythira Antikythera Antipaxi Arkoudi Atokos Kalamos Kastos Ksamil Islands Kravia Kythros...
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    Greece developed machines in both civilian and military domains. The Antikythera mechanism, an early known mechanical analog computer, and the mechanical...
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    knowledge or technology more advanced than that known in modern times. Antikythera mechanism: A form of mechanical computer created between 150 and 100 BCE...
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    for the quality of his research on this subject. His studies of the Antikythera mechanism, in collaboration with Michael T. Wright, led to the first...
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    the north of the island of Crete, east of the islands of Kythera and Antikythera, south of the Cyclades, and west of the Dodecanese islands of Rhodes...
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    technological achievement of the Hellenistic age is masterly displayed in the Antikythera mechanism, a 37-gear mechanical analog computer which calculated the...
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    Screen Saver – Blank. Another application called Antikythera emulates some of the functions of the Antikythera mechanism by calculating the phase of the moon...
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  • to study the Antikythera mechanism from the lumps of archaeological material retrieved from a wreck found near the coast of Antikythera in 1900. He identified...
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    delimiting the sea on the south, generally from west to east: Kythera, Antikythera, Crete, Kasos, Karpathos and Rhodes. The Anatolian peninsula marks the...
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  • mechanism, the sequence of reactions by which overall chemical change occurs Antikythera mechanism, an ancient Greek analog computer Theory of operation, a description...
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  • every 2 centuries. Metonic calendars include the calendar used in the Antikythera Mechanism about 21 centuries ago, and the Hebrew calendar. Alternatively...
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    top of the dial, an astronomer and a chronicler. Czech Republic portal Antikythera mechanism Armillary sphere Equation of time Geocentric model Horology...
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