![]() ![]() In 1902, it was identified by archaeologist Valerios Stais as containing a gear. This artefact was among wreckage retrieved from a shipwreck off the coast of the Greek island Antikythera in 1901. It could also be used to track the four-year cycle of athletic games which was similar to an Olympiad, the cycle of the ancient Olympic Games. The Antikythera mechanism ( / ˌ æ n t ɪ ˈ k ɪ θ ɪər ə/ AN-tih- KIH-ther-ə) is an Ancient Greek hand-powered orrery (model of the Solar System), described as the oldest known example of an analogue computer used to predict astronomical positions and eclipses decades in advance. The Antikythera mechanism (fragment A – front and rear) visible is the largest gear in the mechanism, about 13 cm (5 in) in diameter.
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