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The Antikythera Mechanism: Rewriting History with Ancient Technology
When a group of sponge divers stumbled upon a sunken Roman ship near the Greek island of Antikythera in 1901, few could have predicted the historical significance of their find. Among the treasure lay a mysterious object, which initially appeared to be just a corroded lump of metal. Little did they know, this rusty box would rewrite our understanding of ancient civilizations, revealing a forgotten technological marvel known as the Antikythera Mechanism.