Andres Montemayor
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Antikythera Mechanism
In 1900, a group of sponge-fishers from the island of Syme decided to leave their normal fishing grounds in Tunisian waters off North Africa. They sailed east until they got to the island of Antikythera, just between the islands of Kythera and Crete. The channel around the island of Antikythera was known for being a dangerous place to sail in, it was known for it’s sandbars, shoals and sudden currents changes. The divers decided to explore unknown territory so they dropped anchor and went into the 140 ft waters. One of it’s divers, named Elias Stadiatis, made the astonishing discoverment of a 50 meter ship buried in the bottom of the sea. What he did not know, was that he had just discovered a ship full of treasures and it’s most important treasure, the Antikythera Mechanism.
When Stadiatis discovered the shipwreck, he knew that it would’ve been really hard to believe him. So Stadiatis decided to go to the shipwreck and took a bronze arm to show to his fellow divers. Upon seeing the bronze arm, the other divers were forced to believe them. The divers knew that this objects had certain value so they went to Athens and talked to the government of Greece and they reached an agreement where they would get help from the Greek navy and the divers would get an economics reward of 150,000 drachmas ($5,000). They also agreed that all the treasures from the shipwreck would go directly to the Greek Archaeological Museum in Athens. After testing the wood from the ship, they agreed that the shipwreck probably occurred between 80-50 BC. It is believed that the ship was heading towards Rome to trade these treasures. The treasures that they found included several Amphoras dated around 80-70...
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...ed to predict solar and lunar eclipses. This dial had a clock like hand which indicated when the next eclipse would occur in the Saros cycle. The Saros cycle is a period of 223 synodic month that can be used to predict eclipses. Even though the bottom dial could tell you when the next eclipse would be, it did not tell you the date, one would have to look on the front side once again to determine the date of the eclipse. In order for all of this to be exact, there was a complicated system of gears that looks really similar to the gears inside a watch. These gears were created specifically for this purpose and they had to be exact in order to keep all the dates in order, since all the cycles are distinguished by having different numbers. It is also believed that tha Antikythera Mechanism was used to show the path of certain planets, like Venus but it is not proven yet.
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