00:00At the beginning of the 20th century, divers discovered an ancient shipwreck near the Greek island of Anticitarius.
00:05Among the recovered objects are fragments of bronze covered with gears.
00:09The object, now called the Antiquary mechanism, dates approximately from the 2nd or 1st century BC.
00:16Research shows that it was used to calculate or represent astronomical cycles,
00:20including the positions of the Sun and the Moon.
00:22Its sophistication surprised researchers, as few comparable instruments have survived.
00:27They demonstrate advanced mechanical knowledge in the Hellenistic world.
00:31and not from a mysterious technology originating from an unknown civilization.
