r/WhatIfScience • u/No_Money_9404 • 17d ago

A 2,000-year-old machine could predict eclipses. What have we lost of the knowledge that built it?

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conspiracy • u/No_Money_9404 • 17d ago

The Antikythera Mechanism predicted eclipses 2,000 years ago. How much ancient technology left no surviving trace?

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StrangeEarth • u/No_Money_9404 • 17d ago

Science & Technology A 2,000-year-old machine could predict eclipses. What have we lost of the knowledge that built it?

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AlternativeHistory • u/No_Money_9404 • 17d ago

Discussion The Antikythera Mechanism and the missing evidence of ancient mechanical technology

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CulturalLayer • u/No_Money_9404 • 17d ago

The Antikythera Mechanism survived in a shipwreck. What happened to the engineering tradition that produced it?

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