Antikythera
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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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
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
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
Now that the design of the Antikythera mechanism is understood, my question is: Did it really work?
From Scientific American ● May 5, 2022
The two ships and their crews had left the sponging waters in mid-April and were now sailing in a channel between the Greek islands of Antikythera and Crete.
From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler
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