Antikythera Mechanism - Unexplained Historical Events

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The Antikythera Mechanism is an incredibly intricate analog computer found in a shipwreck near Greece in the year 1900. The device was used to determine the positions of celestial bodies using a mind-bogglingly complex series of bronze gears. The device in and of itself would already be impressive, but the unbelievable part of the mechanism? It was created one hundred years before the birth of christ, and more than 1000 years before anything even approaching its level of technological complexity and workmanship would be discovered again. The device also came long before our modern understanding of astronomy and physics. The Antikythera mechanism was built over 1600 years before Galileo was born, and over 1700 years before Isaac Newton was born. Now, the rational explanation is that the device used working theories on the movement of celestial bodies established at the time, and some remarkably brilliant craftsmen. But if you were looking for a jumping off point for your new time travel novel or alien sci-fi epic, this one should hit you like a ten ton brick. Because for all the explanations we can offer, the Antikythera Mechanism raises even more questions.

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