Part 1 of 5 · freeIntroduction
In the spring of 1900, sponge divers from the island of Symi took shelter from a storm near Antikythera, a small island between Crete and the Peloponnese. While diving, one of them discovered an ancient shipwreck covered with statues. For a year, the Greeks brought up bronzes, marbles, and amphorae.
Among the finds, a block of bronze and wood the size of a shoebox interested no one. In 1902, the archaeologist Valerios Stais noticed a gear wheel caught in the corrosion. He had just laid eyes on the most mysterious object of Greek antiquity.
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- 2A Shipwreck and a Bronze Block
- 3What the Corrosion Hides
- 4A Calendar of the Heavens in a Box
- 5What It Teaches Us
Open-book quiz6 questions whose answers are in the text.
Glossary4 terms explained in a tap.
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