Antikythera Mechanism

[AcesandEights]

Thanks for the heads up, gents. I'll definitely give the first book a read. I do love some alternate timeline, slightly out-of-step historical fiction and the modern meshing with bygone eras.

[Neil]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-17989915 The secrets of one of the most remarkable technological finds from Ancient Greece have been probed for the first time using powerful X-ray imaging equipment, specially shipped to Athens. The Antikythera Mechanism as it is known, is regarded as the world's oldest "computer" and is thought to have been used to predict solar and lunar eclipses and record dates of the ancient Olympiad. Its remains were recovered from a Roman shipwreck off the southern coast of Greece in 1901. BBC Four's The Two-Thousand Year Old Clock will be broadcast on Thursday 10 May 2012 at 2100 BST. Or watch afterwards on BBC iPlayer. -- -------- Post added at 10:25 PM ---------- Previous post was at 12:47 PM ---------- Cannot recommend this documentary highly enough! Some of the revelations are astounding! Amazing!!!

[Sammich]

Carl Sagan has said that if the Library of Alexandria which contained so much advanced knowledge of that era wasn't destroyed, then we would already be sending manned missions to nearby stars.

[Neil]

Carl Sagan has said that if the Library of Alexandria which contained so much advanced knowledge of that era wasn't destroyed, then we would already be sending manned missions to nearby stars. And seeing the knowledge and understanding we had over 2000 years ago, I can believe it! And PLEASE watch the documentary! http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode...rOld_Computer/