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Crusty Old Computer: New imaging techniques reveal construction of ancient marvel

12-02-2006 · Science News Online

Scientists have figured out the arrangement and functions of nearly all the parts of a mysterious astronomical computer that was recovered from a 2,000-year-old shipwreck.

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