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Even its name is mysterious: the Antikythera Mechanism. It has puzzled scientists ever since it was discovered by divers in 1901 in a shipwreck off the Greek island of Antikythera, north of Crete. Now, researchers have found that the device, which has been called the first analog computer and was built around 80 B.C., not only predicted solar eclipses but also organized the calendar in the four-year cycles of the Olympiad, forerunner of the modern Games. Using high-resolution imaging systems and three-dimensional. X-ray technology, experts...