Added: Feb 25, 2008
From: SpongebobSquarebrain
Duration: 3:42
Scientists have finally demystified the incredible workings of a 2,000-year-old astronomical calculator built by ancient Greeks. A new analysis of the Antikythera... More» Mechanism, a clock-like machine consisting of more than 30 precise, hand-cut bronze gears, show it to be more advanced than previously thought - so much so that nothing comparable was built for another thousand years. "This device is just extraordinary, the only thing of its kind," said study leader Mike Edmunds of Cardiff University in the UK. "The design is beautiful, the astronomy is exactly right ... In terms of historical and scarcity value, I have to regard this mechanism as being more valuable than the Mona Lisa." If the sharp-sightedness of the Greeks had kept pace with their intelligence, then maybe even the Industrial Revolution had begun one thousand years before Columbus. And so, in our era, we would not just try to visit the Moon, but we would already have arrived on other close planets. Sir Arthur C. Clarke, English author and inventor- PS:"SpongebobSquarepants" is the nick I use on Metacafe.com
Channel: Education
Tags: alexander ancient antikythera athens computer discovery ever first greece greek history macedonia made mechanism sparta
Rating: 5.00 (13 ratings) Views: 393' favoriteCount='11 Comments: 14
Hellenezator Says:
Feb 28, 2008 - Given the seriousness of your work, and the talent so obvious in your videos, I humbly suggest that you make a presentation of the latest discoveries in the "Archimedes Palimpsest"!
vasoula2908 Says:
Feb 29, 2008 - Great work! 5 stars from me, it's in my favorites!
ellasAZ Says:
Feb 29, 2008 - History has to be rewritten, this device is one of the many achivements of Hellenic antiquity! There are many more COMPLICATED finds that are hiden from the world, because it goes back thousands of years BEFORE Yahve made the Hebrews, so they hide everything to promote their religion, as been the most ancient peoples of creation! But they forgot that... truth always surface! Exelent video!
nixter888 Says:
Mar 12, 2008 - Yes,there are more!!!inside the mountains of Asterousia,Tsoutsouro CRETE!,THE Americans,took more than 6 trucks foul of those wonderful findings,in 1940's,and that's how they started their space programs!!!NO DOUBT ABOUT THIS!!!ALL THE PEOPLE OF CRETE KNOW ABOUT THIS!!!!and thousands of other GREEKS KNOW ABOUT THIS!
g4tman Says:
Mar 18, 2008 - nixter888 unfortunately not many people know about this. just like Roswell NewMexico, in tsoutsoura a UFO was found in cave. ellasAZ you are right too. milao agglika gia na me katalaboun kai oi 3enoi.
nixter888 Says:
Mar 18, 2008 - Prepei na leme oti kseroun gia logous ....pou isws... katalaveneis....adelfe mou g4man!!!
MAlKMETAL7 Says:
Mar 19, 2008 - And the first pc in the world is HELLENIC???? NOT SKOPIAN? NOT TURK? NOT AL-BUNNY? muhahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha HELLAS FOR EVER GLORY!WAKE UP GYPSIES WE ARE THE FIRST!!! YOU ARE THE REST!!!
MAlKMETAL7 Says:
Mar 19, 2008 - And the first P.C. in the world is HELLENIC??? what the fuck all in the world is HELLENIC??? not Turk? not Skopian? not Al-bunny-an? hahahahahahahahahahaha! wake up gypsies,we are the first and you are the rest! HELLAS FOR EVER GLORY!!!
MAlKMETAL7 Says:
Mar 19, 2008 - And the first P.C. in the world is HELLENIC??? what the fuck all in the world is HELLENIC??? not Turk? not Skopian? not Al-bunny-an? hahahahahahahahahahaha! wake up gypsies,we are the first and you are the rest! HELLAS FOR EVER GLORY!!!
RxWantsME Says:
Mar 22, 2008 - I got to say that people back than were VERY SMART....unlike today. Sorry but its true :)
nickcobakt Says:
Mar 23, 2008 - Κουφάθηκα τώρα ...δεν το ήξερα αυτό
SpongebobSquarebrain Says:
Mar 23, 2008 - Yparxei sto arxaiologiko mouseio stin Athina. Den frontise omos kanenas na mas to pei. Perase sta psila. Einai prodotes, egklimaties kata tou Ethnous kai tis istorias mas. An ikseran oloi oi Ellines gia to mixanismo ton Antikuthiron kai auta pou deixnei to allo mou video: Famous quotes... tha noiothame toso uperifanoi pou den tha mas ekanan oti ithelan oi poulimenoi politikoi "igetes mas". Sumfoneis?
nickcobakt Says:
Mar 23, 2008 - sumfonw pola simantika pragmata pernane sta psila gramata...
HellenicGoddess Says:
Mar 25, 2008 - αυτο ουτε εγω το γνωριζα.. Ας τα βλεπουν αυτα αυτοι οι ψευτοπροοδευτικοι και κουλτουριαρηδες και οι προδοτες πολιτικοι που κυβερνουν τους Ελληνες και δεν τους αφηνουν να σηκωσουν κεφαλι απο τους φορους.. Γιατι φοβουνται πως αν ο Ελληνας καταφερει και σηκωσει κεφαλι θα ξαναγραψει Ιστορια με Χρυσα Γραμματα και παλι...
Hellenezator Says:
Feb 28, 2008 - Let the bells ring! Let the World know! An Ethnos of Great Minds has walked on this Earth, and their descendants are making them proud still!