Mysterious mechanism from the distant past.

One of the most mysterious finds of the early 20th century, of course, is the "anti-Terrorist mechanism".

(photo from the site pvsm.ru)

In 1900, near the Greek island of Antikythera, it was discovered at the bottom of the sea. Raised this wonder of antiquity, in 1901. When he got out of the water, he fell into three parts.
Scientists found that it was a mechanism consisting of 30 bronze gears prisoners in a wooden case. Approximate dimensions of 31.5×17×6 cm.

This mechanism is dated to about 150 BC. Supposedly for calculations astronomical phenomena. The mechanism has been thoroughly studied. After that, we created a full copy of this ancient "computer".

(photo from the site pvsm.ru)

With the help of computer tomography on the parts of the mechanism were able to detect the label. Approximately 20,000 characters, and the value of each is not more than a millimeter. Scientists identified them as Greek.

On these inscriptions it was succeeded to define latitude of a place where it was made. Most likely it is the island of Rhodes.

Judging by the handwriting of the inscription was done by two people. They contain predictions of eclipses of the Sun and the moon, and there are descriptions of what color they are. For astronomers, this is completely unnecessary information, but it is very important for astrologers.
On the basis of this, it was concluded that the anti-terrorism mechanism reproduces Hellenistic cosmology, in which astronomy, meteorology and divination by stars were intertwined together

Physicist, Iannis Bitsakis said:

What we do with modern computers was done by an anti-Terrorism mechanism 2,000 years ago.

Certainly impressive skill of the ancients, but the question arises: how is it done? No one will answer us today. There is only silence and admiringly contemplate the miraculous mechanism, which is a distant ancestor of the computer.