Topic: The Antikythera mechanism...
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Wed 08/17/16 12:16 AM
Was this the first iPhone?

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Wed 08/17/16 12:14 PM
I'm pretty sure this devise was a type of adjustable circular set of scales that worked on the same principal as a slide rule. I think people have a tendency to read too much between the lines,and don't give the ancients credit where credit is due.
The workmanship is very high quality on this artifact,and that shows that someone,or possibly more that one person was very talented and patient in their craftsmanship.
The ancients had a concept of pi,and understood the relations of numbers.

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Sat 09/24/16 09:01 AM
The ancients most likely had some advanced techniques, so advanced that they could stay close to nature without destroying it. Just look at the megaliths structures all over the planet. Some, like Derinkuyu or Puma Punku are probably far,far older than estimated.