Monday, March 3 2025

Day: June 28, 2024

Antikythera

New study provides new evidence that the Antikythera mechanism was used to track the Greek lunar year

Astronomers from the University of Glasgow have found new evidence that one of the components of the Antikythera mechanism, the oldest known analog computer, was used to track the Greek lunar year. The researchers used statistical modeling techniques developed for analyzing gravitational waves to determine the possible number of holes in one of the broken