The Archimedes screw, an ancient Greek invention for lifting water. Learn about its origins, how it works, and its modern ...

Greek divers found a shipwreck in 1900 with a 2,100-year-old ancient device so sophisticated that researchers have only ...

BGR reports that the ancient astronomical calendar found in an underwater Greek shipwreck has remained an enigma for more than a hundred years. The hand-driven device used a wind-up mechanism to ...

An Ancient Greek Computer In 1901 divers working off the isle of Antikythera found the remains of a clocklike mechanism 2,000 years old. The mechanism now appears to have been a device for ...

The Antikythera Mechanism is a mysterious ancient device used to calculate lunar cycles, planet motions, and more. Over 2,000-years-old, it was far more advanced than any other technology of its time.

A Greek shipwreck holds the remains of an intricate ... suggesting some kind of intricate mechanism. The first X-ray studies confirmed that idea, but how it worked and what it was for puzzled ...