Antikythera

American  

[an-ti-ki-theer-uh, ahn-dee-kee-thee-rah] / ˌæn tɪ kɪˈθɪər ə, ˌɑn diˈki θi rɑ /

Greek Andikithira

noun

1. an island in the eastern Mediterranean, northwest of Crete: archaeological site. 8½ sq. mi. (22 sq. km).

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Example Sentences

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

Its treasures include the 3,500-year-old gold funerary mask known as the Mask of Agamemnon and the Antikythera Mechanism, a device used to track the sun, moon and planets.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 15, 2023

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

The Antikythera story is an ongoing saga with no end in sight to the attempts made to discover more evidence about the ancient world.

From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler