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Derek J. de Solla Price (1922–1983) with a model of the Antikythera mechanism. Captain Dimitrios Kontos (Δημήτριος Κοντός) and a crew of sponge divers from Symi island discovered the Antikythera wreck in early 1900, and recovered artefacts during the first expedition with the Hellenic Royal Navy, in 1900–01. [32]
Antikythera (/ ˌ æ n t ɪ k ɪ ˈ θ ɪər ə / AN-tik-ih-THEER-ə, US also / ˌ æ n t aɪ k ɪ ˈ-/ AN-ty-kih-; [2] [3] Modern Greek: Αντικύθηρα, romanized: Antikýthira, IPA: [andiˈciθira]) [note 1] or Anticythera, known in antiquity as Aigilia (Αἰγιλία), is a Greek island lying on the edge of the Aegean Sea, between Crete and Peloponnese.
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Articles relating to the island of Antikythera, a Greek island lying on the edge of the Aegean Sea, between Crete and Peloponnese. Since the 2011 local government reform, it is part of the municipality of Kythira island.
The Antikythera wreck (Greek: ναυάγιο των Αντικυθήρων, romanized: navágio ton Antikythíron) is a Roman-era shipwreck dating from the second quarter of the first century BC. [1] [2] It was discovered by sponge divers off Point Glyphadia on the Greek island of Antikythera in 1900.
The Antikythera Ephebe or Youth. The Ephebe does not correspond to any familiar iconographic model, and there are no known copies of the type. He held a spherical object in his right hand, [4] and possibly may have represented Paris presenting the Apple of Discord to Aphrodite; however, since Paris is consistently depicted cloaked and with the distinctive Phrygian cap, other scholars have ...
Built around the beginning of the 1st century BCE, the Antikythera Mechanism is the oldest known analog computer in human history, and there’s an enduring mystery surrounding what it was used for.
The Antikythera Bird Observatory, ABO (Greek Ορνιθολογικός Σταθμός Αντικυθήρων, ΟΣΑ) in Antikythira is the only bird observatory in Greece, developing a constant effort ringing activity during bird migration periods.