![The ‘Antikythera Mechanism’ can now be admired in the National Archaeological Museum in Athens.](https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/app/uploads/mechanismus-titelbild-300x225.jpg)
An ancient Greek computer
After decades of research, a seemingly innocuous find retrieved from a Roman shipwreck was revealed as a sensational scientific discovery, proving that the ancient Greeks were capable of making mechanical models of the cosmos with hitherto unimagined precision. The ‘Antikythera Mechanism’ is an analogue ‘calendar computer’.
![Recovering artifacts from the Roman wreck in the winter of 1900/1901.](https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/app/uploads/wrack-untersuchung-300x225.jpg)
![Reconstructions of the ancient Antikythera Mechanism have been attempted several times to date, including in Switzerland.](https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/app/uploads/antikes-zahnrad-290x300.jpg)
![Cicero discovered a device on Rhodes that had many surprising parallels with the Antikythera Mechanism.](https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/app/uploads/cicero-300x290.jpg)
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Reconstruction of the Antikythera Mechanism. Ludwig Oechslin ochs and junior
TV documentary about the Antikythera Mechanism. YouTube / BBC