The Antikythera Mechanism - 1st computer?

[Ron Whitfield]

This thing just intrigues me to no end, and they keep finding more about it.
www.antikythera-mechanism.gr (http://www.antikythera-mechanism.gr)
www.nature.com/nature/journal/v444/n7119/full/444534a.html (http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v444/n7119/full/444534a.html)

Made around 200 BC, and found in an anciet shipwreck in 1901, it's been cleaned up and X-rayed to discover an Olympic time source, and formerly unknown names of the months.

[Walkoff Balk]

Are our ancestors ancient astronauts from another planet? Believe It or Not.

[timkona]

The burning of the library at Alexandria set humanity back 1000 years in terms of scientific knowledge. The Anti-Mech is a great example of how smart we were back then.

Did you ever hear about the supposed battery technology that they had also?

[Ron Whitfield]

Here's a few off google -

www.world-mysteries.com/sar_11.htm (http://www.world-mysteries.com/sar_11.htm)
www.wattbusters.com/news/article37.htm (http://www.wattbusters.com/news/article37.htm)
www.answersingenesis.org/creation/v16/i2/battery.asp

More headscratchers can be googled - Ica Stones, Dropa Stones, ancient grooved spheres, Coso Artifact, giant stone balls of Costa Rica