Study Determines 'Start Date' of Antikythera Mechanism?

A longstanding mystery surrounding the legendary Antikythera mechanism may have finally been solved as a team of researchers reportedly believe that they have determined the actual 'start date' upon which the 2,000-year-old astronomical calculator was based. Considered by historians to be the oldest analog computer ever discovered, the peculiar device was found in a shipwreck off the coast of the Greek island of Antikythera back in 1901. Since that time, the machine have proven to be something of a tantalizing puzzling to scientists, who were initially perplexed by what it was and how it worked. Although those key questions have seemingly been answered, a number of other unknown elements surrounding the device have remained, including its starting point.

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