Antikythera
Americannoun
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This sequence is ostensibly there to introduce the film’s MacGuffin, Archimedes Antikythera, a real celestial calculation machine with extraordinary predictive capabilities that in the film is bestowed with some otherworldly powers.
From Washington Times • Jun. 27, 2023
The coast guard said Tuesday they had received a distress call on Monday from the boat while it was sailing between Crete and the small island of Antikythera.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 30, 2022
At the turn of the 20th century, divers found six bronze arms and a fragment of what came to be called the Antikythera mechanism.
From New York Times • Jun. 30, 2022
“Wonder of the Ancient World,” by Tony Freeth, describes the Antikythera mechanism, a Greek astronomical calculation machine.
From Scientific American • May 5, 2022
Of all the items described, none captured the public’s attention as much as the huge, full bronze statue of a handsome Greek young man that immediately became known as “The Antikythera Youth.”
From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler
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