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
In response to Gilinsky: The Antikythera mechanism must indeed have been made with great precision for its time—it was perhaps not as accurate as a modern watch but very well made for ancient Greece.
From Scientific American ● May 5, 2022
However, what took place at Antikythera, important as it was, was purely a salvage operation.
From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler
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