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Revealed: World’s Oldest Computer

The “Antikythera mechanism,” calcium-encrusted bronze mechanism found 102 years ago amid the wreckage of a cargo ship that sunk off the tiny island of Antikythera in 80 BC, has recently been identified as the world’s oldest computer. Hidden inscriptions reveal the complex collection of cogs, wheels and dials were once used to map the motions of the sun, moon and planets.

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