Ancient Greek kev vam meej tau yeej ib txwm tau pom tias yog ib qhov loj tshaj nyob rau hauv lub keeb kwm ntawm noob neej. Lub zoo kawg li ancient architecture, stunning saum thiab sculptures, legendary ancient Greek epic thiab mythology. Kom txog rau thaum tam sim no nyob rau hauv tim Nkij teb chaws, archaeologists khawb tshiab qhia tshawb pom, ib txhia ntawm lawv decipher tam sim ntawd, tab sis tshaj cov lo lus uas ntawm tej zaum khawb lawv lub taub hau rau hnub no.
Nyob rau hauv lub caij nplooj ntoos hlav ntawm 1901 ob ships dhia rau lub paj rwb floated los ntawm tim Nkij teb chaws. Thaum txiav txim siab rau ib zaug dua sim nws koob hmoov nyob rau hauv lawv cov khoom siv tes ua, lawv tau muab thauj tog rau nkoj nyob ze ntawm lub Greek kob ntawm Antikythera. Xav txog tej yam lawv surprise thaum es tsis txhob lawv yuav tsum marine tsiaj lawv pom antique sunken nkoj! Lawv hauled los ntawm lub seabed ntawm lub ancient khoom nyob rau hauv koj lub nkoj thiab khiav mus rau lub mainland. Tsis ntev cov xov xwm ntawm lub nkoj pom kis thoob plaws tim Nkij teb chaws, thiab ib xyoos tom qab ib tug pab pawg neeg ntawm zaum mus rau soj ntsuam qhov chaw no. Nyob rau saum npoo nws twb tsa los ntawm heev heev archaeological finds. Cov lwm artifacts Greek archaeologist Valeriosom Staisom ob peb bronze zog tsis paub hais tias keeb kwm tau pom.
Antikythera Mechanism raws li nws yog dubbed by historians ntawm lub sij hawm, yog nyob rau hauv ib tug txaus ntshai lub xeev. Lub thav duab ntawm tus ntoo cia crumbled nyob rau hauv lawv txhais tes, hlau, yog ib tug ntev lub sij hawm nyob rau hauv lub hiav txwv pem teb, nyom thiab xeb. Muaj ntau qhov chaw tsuas zoo. Lub inscriptions rau lub ruins twb nyuaj rau cov nyeem, tej zaum qhov muag plooj. Yuav kom tsim hais tias nws yog rau cov ntaus ntawv tsis tau zoo. Zaum txawb nws ob txhais tes thiab sab laug lub Antikythera mechanism kawm offspring.
Nws tau yuav luag ib nrab xyoo. Tshiab yees thiab kev tshawb fawb txoj kev. Nyob rau hauv 1951 nws tau los ua xav nyob rau hauv kev nrhiav antique English physicist thiab historian Derek De Solla nqe. Muaj tib zoo kawm cov kev kawm, nws tuaj mus rau ib tug ceeb xaus: lub Antikythera Mechanism yog ib qho ancient thiab thawj heev analog computer, tsim nyob rau hauv lub 2nd xyoo pua BC! Nws yog tsi ntawm ib tug txhua yam astronomical daim ntawv qhia hnub, los ntawm cov uas nws twb tau tsis tsuas los mus txiav txim rau txoj hauj lwm ntawm lub hli thiab hnub, tab sis kuj yuav ua complex astronomical suav. Thaum lub sij hawm, muaj ib lub flowering ntawm lub caij nyoog sciences nyob rau hauv lub Ancient tim Nkij teb chaws yog tsim los pab astronomical catalog, txiav txim qhov kev ncua deb ntawm lub ntiaj teb mus rau lub hli, piav lub zog ntawm tsib planets sab ib approximate xam lub loj ntawm lub ntiaj teb. Tiv thaiv lub keeb kwm ntawm cov kev tshawb pom yuav ntseeg tias nyob hauv lub hav zoov ntawm ib tug astronomical computer, cov creation ntawm uas yog tam sim no ntaus nqi mus rau lub ancient Greek kawm Posidonius.
Tam sim no, lub Antikythera Mechanism yog nyob rau hauv daim ntawv ntawm cov ob peb uas twb muaj lawm reconstructions. Niaj hnub nimno zaum no tseem decipher yam cuav. Tsis ntev los no nws qhia hais tias lub antique ntsuas tsom lwm tseem ceeb parameter rau lub sij hawm - namely, lub sij hawm ntawm lub tom ntej no Olympic ua si, cov uas twb mus lub Greeks tsis tau tsuas yog kev ua si, tab sis kuj yog ib tug nom tswv kev tshwm sim. Thaum lub sij hawm no, Antikythera Mechanism yog lub Athens National Archaeological Tsev khaws puav pheej.