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Post by lois on Jan 9, 2011 12:33:33 GMT -6
I tried to paste article but firefox is new to me, it would not work. This is amazing to me.. from Nasa image.. antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/
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Post by Deleted on Jan 9, 2011 16:13:06 GMT -6
Here Lois, I did it for you hun. The Antikythera Mechanism Credit & Copyright: Wikipedia Explanation: What is it? It was found at the bottom of the sea aboard an ancient Greek ship. Its seeming complexity has prompted decades of study, although some of its functions remained unknown. Recent X-rays of the device have now confirmed the nature of the Antikythera mechanism, and discovered several surprising functions. The Antikythera mechanism has been discovered to be a mechanical computer of an accuracy thought impossible in 80 BC, when the ship that carried it sunk. Such sophisticated technology was not thought to be developed by humanity for another 1,000 years. Its wheels and gears create a portable orrery of the sky that predicted star and planet locations as well as lunar and solar eclipses. The Antikythera mechanism, shown above, is 33 centimeters high and similar in size to a large book.
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Post by halfsack13 on Jan 9, 2011 16:48:52 GMT -6
i saw something about this on the history channel a few years ago. i cant remember what they thought it was tthough
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Post by lois on Jan 9, 2011 20:50:01 GMT -6
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Antikythera mechanism From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search The Antikythera mechanism (main fragment).
The Antikythera mechanism (pronounced /ˌæntɨkɨˈθɪərə/ ANT-i-ki-THEER-ə or pronounced /ˌæntɨˈkɪθərə/ ANT-i-KITH-ə-rə), is an ancient mechanical computer[1][2] designed to calculate astronomical positions. It was recovered in 1900–01 from the Antikythera wreck.[3] Its significance and complexity were not understood until decades later. Its time of construction is now estimated between 150 and 100 BC.[citation needed] The degree of mechanical sophistication is comparable to a 19th century Swiss clock.[4] Technological artifacts of similar complexity and workmanship did not reappear until the 14th century, when mechanical astronomical clocks were built in Europe.[5]
Jacques-Yves Cousteau visited the wreck for the last time in 1978,[6] but found no additional remains of the Antikythera mechanism. Professor Michael Edmunds of Cardiff University who led the most recent study of the mechanism said: "This device is just extraordinary, the only thing of its kind. The design is beautiful, the astronomy is exactly right. The way the mechanics are designed just makes your jaw drop. Whoever has done this has done it extremely carefully...in terms of historic and scarcity value, I have to regard this mechanism as being more valuable than the Mona Lisa."[7][8]
The device is displayed in the Bronze Collection of the National Archaeological Museum of Athens, accompanied by a reconstruction made and donated to the museum by Derek de Solla Price. Other reconstructions are on disp
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Post by CitizenK on Jan 9, 2011 21:40:08 GMT -6
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Post by lois on Jan 9, 2011 22:33:57 GMT -6
I can't believe it has been in the ocean for as long as they say it has.. Not any damage much.
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Post by skywalker on Jan 10, 2011 22:41:45 GMT -6
I think that modern day people have a tendency to vastly underestimate the technological accomplishments of ancient civilizations. People thousands of years ago, or even tens of thousands of years ago, had the same capacity for knowledge that we have now. They were just as intelligent as we are, they were just educated in different types of information. That doesn't mean they were primitive or stupid though. It is amazing to think of how much knowledge has been lost over the years...
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Post by bewildered on Jan 31, 2011 4:26:56 GMT -6
This might be a matter for another thread...but evidence is more than enough for me to accept that human civilization has "been around" for far, far much longer than the orthodoxy currently pushes as dogma. Not only that...but the evidence also suggests that whoever they were, some of these ancients possessed knowledge we no longer have. I marvel at how some ancient cultures worked granite...to such a degree and sophistication that today, armed with diamond cutting instruments, we just cannot duplicate. It is only too obvious that whatever they used, it was not from what some consider the "ancient tool set."
That analog computer referenced above is a great example. People can guess at what purpose it served...some believe a navigation instrument...but the design suggests it did more than just that. It's brilliant, whatever it is.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 31, 2011 11:40:28 GMT -6
This is an interesting article, a research project dedicated to it with x ray findings etc. www.antikythera-mechanism.gr/A new paper from the Antikythera Mechanism Research Project (AMRP) is published in the prestige science journal Nature on July 31st 2008. It reveals surprising results on the back dials of the Antikythera Mechanism - including a dial dedicated to the four-year Olympiad Cycle of athletic games in ancient Greece. |
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Post by lois on Feb 8, 2011 20:10:20 GMT -6
Thank Jo
I had quit comig here.
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Post by luthorbarkwill on Feb 8, 2011 21:20:30 GMT -6
things like this and the Baghdad battery, make me think we grossly underestimated are ancestors
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Post by lois on Feb 9, 2011 0:13:12 GMT -6
And then it got lost along the way and was redicovered maybe..
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Post by skywalker on Feb 9, 2011 1:30:32 GMT -6
things like this and the Baghdad battery, make me think we grossly underestimated are ancestors I agree with that totally. There is no telling how much knowledge has been lost over the years.
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Post by lois on Feb 9, 2011 12:48:36 GMT -6
I Love archeology, dreamed of being one when I was young.. I love history as well.. The two go together..
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Post by lois on Feb 9, 2011 12:50:48 GMT -6
I had my husband get me a metal detector back in the 60s. It was as close as I got.. ;D but it has been fun bringing up small articles. I was out there digging before everyone had one. So I found many things..
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Post by skywalker on Feb 10, 2011 20:34:08 GMT -6
I like history and archaeology too Shami. I also have a metal detector but must of what I find is just junk.
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