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Antikythera Hellenistic Engineering Explanation

The position, supported by the physical evidence and by Cicero's documented references to similar geared devices attributed to Archimedes, that the Antikythera Mechanism is a genuine product of a broader, mostly lost Hellenistic tradition of astronomical instrument-making.

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  • Antikythera Out-of-Place-Artifact Claim

    Antikythera Hellenistic Engineering Explanation has alternative explanation Antikythera Out-of-Place-Artifact Claim — Framed as a rival to the mainstream account; rejected by historians of ancient technology.

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  • Derek de Solla Price

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  • Antikythera Mechanism

    Antikythera Hellenistic Engineering Explanation attempts to explain Antikythera Mechanism.

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