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Possible New Piece of Antikythera Mechanism Found

The Antikythera mechanism was for years one of the world’s greatest unsolved mysteries. The strange, intricate device was found in 1902 in a shipwreck off of the Greek island of Antikythera. For over a century, the device’s construction and intended use puzzled historians and archaeologists. Coins and other artifacts found at the shipwreck were dated to the first century, but…