The Antikythera Mechanism: The First Astronomical Computer

Discovered in a shipwreck off Greece in 1901, it stunned archaeologists.
The device is over 2,000 years old, dating to around 100 BCE.
It used intricate bronze gears to model celestial cycles.
The mechanism could predict solar and lunar eclipses.
It tracked the motions of the Sun, Moon, and planets.
Scientists call it the world’s first known analog computer.
Inscriptions suggest it also displayed the ancient Olympic calendar.
Its engineering precision rivals that of 18th-century clockworks.
X-ray imaging revealed more than 30 interlocking gears inside.
The Antikythera Mechanism shows how advanced Greek science truly was.