Discovery of the Antikythera Mechanism
“Off the coast of Antikythera, Greece, May 1901. Sponge divers haul up a barnacled bronze artifact onto a caique. Foreground shows the corroded gear-laden lump in dripping nets; midground reveals divers in helmets and a Greek inspector noting the find; Aegean swells and an empty horizon hint at the ancient Greek computer about to be recognized.”
