{"id":10281,"date":"2024-07-08T05:00:05","date_gmt":"2024-07-08T04:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eden-saga.com\/en\/antique-computer-calculator-solla-price-calendar-archimedes-piri-reis-antikythera-pc.html"},"modified":"2024-11-11T21:22:57","modified_gmt":"2024-11-11T20:22:57","slug":"antique-computer-calculator-solla-price-calendar-archimedes-piri-reis-antikythera-pc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eden-saga.com\/en\/antique-computer-calculator-solla-price-calendar-archimedes-piri-reis-antikythera-pc.html","title":{"rendered":"The Antikythera Computer"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"A first version of this article was published in 2011. I have to modify it to include data revealed in Science et Vie of July 3, 2024.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Found near Antikythera, Greece, this computer is considered the first analog calculator for calculating astronomical positions. It is a bronze mechanism comprising dozens of gears, solidary and arranged on several planes. It is filled with many Greek inscriptions,<\/em> says Wikipedia, which dates back a little. Here are more recent data…<\/span><\/p>\n

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Too modern to be antique<\/h4>\n

This machine too modern to be ancient has intrigued scientists since its discovery. It is also called mechanism, computer, calculator… The modernity of the names given to him is perplexing. For me, recent progress in his analysis shows evidence: our very distant past is much more technological than we thought for a long time. And that we still believe it, and first among scientists.<\/p>\n

Archaeology, more than other scientific disciplines, is marked by the beliefs and convictions of researchers<\/a>. As such, it remains one of the scientific fields where a-priori obstacles to real discoveries. Or, when discoveries are made, and impossible to conceal, Western archaeology tries to pass them under silence<\/a> because they do not fit with the current representation of our past. This is a scam.<\/p>\n

\"\"Antikythera\u2019s calculator is a fine illustration of this: the mysterious object was first ignored, until a brave — and lucky! — exhumes it from a museum storeroom. Then science finally took an interest. And it continues thanks to the University of Glasgow.<\/p>\n

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Sponge fishermen<\/h4>\n

The singular history of this complex machine begins at Easter 1900. A crew of sponge fishermen fled a gale and diverted to the island of Antikythera, located between Crete and the Peloponnese. Freedivers spend a few days looking for sponges on the shores of the island, while the weather improves.<\/p>\n

They then discover a large wreck (nearly 100 meters long!<\/a>) by 40 meters deep. This wreck contained several statues including the famous ephebe of Antikythera.\u00a0 This hollow bronze statue is an extremely rare archaeological artifact.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Back in Greece, the crew declared the discovery and the museum of Athens hastened to send a team. In view of the cargo, it is assumed that the ship was Roman, that it came from Asia Minor, perhaps from Pergamon and that it had stopped at Rhodes. The shipwreck is dated – 85, during the wars of Mithridate.<\/p>\n

But back to Antikythera, on the underwater site where the archaeological team of Athens has just joined the divers.\u00a0 Contrary to expectations, the search was particularly long and costly. Several accidents were reported, including one fatal. It is by going up a marble statue representing a horse that one of the divers was killed. The statue, breaking its cables, was definitely lost.<\/p>\n

In the cargo was a particular object. When the gangue broke, various gears and mechanisms were discovered. It was mistaken for an astrolabe and the object was forgotten in the reserves …Look like Indiana Jones!<\/p>\n

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X-ray scanner<\/h4>\n

It was not until 1955 that a researcher finally became interested. Derek de Solla Price, a British academic, began a thorough study to which he devoted the rest of his life. In 1980, the Internet intensified reflection on the object.<\/p>\n

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Four reconstructions were made. In 2000 the study of the calculator brings together about 150 people from several universities. The fields of application range from history to maths, geometry, astronomy, epigraphy\u2026<\/p>\n

The search was facilitated by the grant of an X-ray scanner capable of showing the inside of the cases without disassembly and with remarkable precision.<\/p>\n

The Antikythera calculator comes in the form of a book, with several shutters on a case. Protected by a bronze cover, the first “page” seems to be an introduction to astronomy.<\/p>\n

But according to research from 2024, the main function of this craft would be to capture gravitational waves.<\/strong><\/a>see further<\/span><\/p>\n

Other gears and needle rails would indicate lunar, solar, eclipses, even currents and winds.<\/p>\n

The beginning of the mechanism would be a calendar based on the Egyptian system, but the machine was indexed in duplicate, following the Greek Olympic calendar<\/a> and the Egyptian calendar. \u00a0 (Source: Lecture by Eric Zurcher, synthesis of his thesis work.)<\/em><\/p>\n

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New advances<\/h4>\n

A first version of this article was published in 2011, containing notes posted on a first version put online in 2008. Today I have to repeat this article to include data revealed in Science et Vie of July 3, 2024.<\/p>\n

“Researchers at the University of Glasgow have used statistical modelling techniques of gravitational waves to analyse the holes in the ring of the mechanism\u2019s calendar. This study reveals that the ring probably contained 354 holes, corresponding to a Greek lunar calendar, highlighting the precision of the craftsmen of the time.<\/em><\/p>\n

Techniques used by the team include Bayesian analysis and \u201cMarkov chain Monte Carlo methods\u201d (statistical techniques used to sample complex probability distributions). These tools make it possible to quantify uncertainty based on incomplete data and provide probabilistic results.”<\/em><\/p>\n

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Extreme precision<\/h4>\n

“This approach revealed that the ring of the calendar probably contained 354 holes, corresponding to a Greek lunar calendar of 354 days. The results of this study were published in Horological Journal.<\/em><\/p>\n

The precision of the holes in the ring of the calendar is particularly remarkable. The researchers found that the holes were positioned with an average radial variation of only 0.028 mm, reflecting the precision and care provided by Greek craftsmen.<\/em><\/p>\n

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For the researchers, this discovery reinforces the idea that the Antikythera mechanism was not only an astronomical tool, but also a work of advanced engineering. “We hope that our discoveries on the Antikythera mechanism, although less spectacular and supernatural than those made by Indiana Jones, will help deepen our understanding of how this remarkable device was made and used by the Greeks\u00bb concludes in a statement<\/a><\/em> Graham Woan, professor at the School of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Glasgow and one of the authors of the study.” (source<\/a>)<\/em><\/p>\n

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A lunar calendar<\/h4>\n

It seems obvious that this camera is not a Greek or Roman invention. It is a vestige of the planetary technology of the Pyramids civilization, which some call Atlantis. And it\u2019s also a great insight, the door to oblivion suddenly open. It filters the beautiful light of a world always present in the secret of the heart… and in the akashic memory<\/a>!<\/p>\n

A calculator capable of giving astronomical positions of a confusing precision… A lunar calendar of 354 days… All this raises a lot of questions. Knowing astronomical data with this accuracy is only useful for space travelers. Did the ancient Greeks travel through space? I don\u2019t think so. This machine does not date from antiquity, but from an earlier period<\/a>.<\/p>\n

It would be easy to calculate the date based on the exact length of the lunar year at this or that time. We know that in remote times the year had twelve months of 30 days, or 360 days. That is the origin of the 360\u00b0 circle. This machine dates from an intermediate period when the year had already extended by several days. The astronomical data calculated by said machine could bring to this degree of precision.<\/p>\n

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Gravitational waves<\/h4>\n

According to the very serious New York Times, the main function of this craft would be to capture gravitational waves. One touches on science fiction which is not in the future, but in the most distant past. This is the (modest!) triumph of all the thesis advanced in this site since 2008. Capture gravitational waves!<\/em><\/strong> The researchers from Glasgow say so.<\/p>\n

\"\"Quantum physics<\/a> leads us to think that it could be a machine used for time travel<\/strong>… Albert Einstein and Niels Bohr are no longer there to see that, too bad…<\/em><\/p>\n

Our historians refuse to consider the existence of an advanced planetary civilization that disappeared before the dawn of our antiquity. This ignorance leads them to naive judgments and inevitably truncated analyses. The case of Antikythera\u2019s computer only confirms what I already knew.<\/p>\n

Goddess Techne<\/h4>\n

“For the Greeks, Mechanics is a branch of Technology, a gift of the goddess Techne. The triumph of technology allows man to dominate nature. Sources claim that Archimedes<\/a> built a complex mechanics, a planetarium. The innovation lies in a system of redistribution of the movement called differential. This decisive invention –more or less forgotten until Leonardo da Vinci– was nevertheless included in the computeur of Antikythera.\u00a0 By acquiring this type of machine, every Roman aristocrat ensured an exceptional social reputation.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

It is therefore possible that this mechanism is the product of an order. But it seems more likely that it is, like the cargo, the spoils of looting after a military victory. Originally the machine gave the date, the movement of the sky, the direction of the winds, their intensity, their period (some winds have long been assimilated to certain lunar phases).\u00a0 Technology<\/a> and science<\/a> are not unique to our centuries. The computer of Antikythera demonstrates it: men quickly asked themselves important questions concerning astronomy in particular.<\/em><\/p>\n

The civilizations that preceded us have acquired a certain degree of knowledge, with limited means. The Antikythera computer demonstrates the breadth of Greek knowledge in astronomy, mathematics, geometry, craftsmanship and cultural refinement.” (Eric Zurcher)
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Devastating assumptions<\/h4>\n

The researcher Eric Zurcher gave a synthesis of his work of memory, himself having led to a publication. This excerpt summarizes the knowledge gained on this complex calculator. The conclusions of the speaker are in line with the current dominant thinking, so we will not blame the author, who follows the herd.\u00a0<\/p>\n

It is no less painful to hear about the Greeks or the Romans: “Men quickly asked themselves important questions<\/em>“. Quickly! Like the Greeks or Romans just got off the banana tree!\u00a0<\/p>\n

This knowledge was not born with the Greeks<\/a>. As in the case of the so-called Pythagoras theorem<\/a>, this is certainly prior knowledge transmitted by the Greeks. If this knowledge were contemporary with the Greeks, the mechanics of Antikythera would not be a single object. The Greeks, like the Egyptians, are heirs to a very long period of science<\/a> and civilization<\/a>. Many of us already know this, but science still ignores — or pretend to.<\/p>\n

“The Black ignores that his ancestors, who adapted to the material conditions of the Nile Valley, are the oldest guides of humanity on the path of civilization”<\/p>