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
Each item excavated from the Antikythera shipwreck will be studied in an effort to piece together the story of the crew and the wreck, said Carlo Beltrame, an archaeology professor at the University of Venice.
From New York Times ● Jun. 30, 2022
In the University College London Antikythera Research Team, our two Ph.D. students are exploring the issues he raises.
From Scientific American ● May 5, 2022
By the time that George Bass became arguably the first archaeologist to dive down to a shipwreck, the art of diving had changed immeasurably from the method used by the sponge divers at Antikythera.
From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler
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