
How the Antikythera Mechanism Works: Ancient Greece's Lost Computer Technology
Published: July 27, 2026
Duration: 13:07
What if I told you a 2,000-year-old device could predict eclipses better than most people today understand their smartphones? In this episode, Daniel Torres uncovers the mind-blowing story of the Antikythera Mechanism - basically ancient Greece's version of a computer that shouldn't exist according to everything we know about history.
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