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A rusting, green set of gears known as the Antikythera Mechanism found at the bottom of the ocean aboard a decaying Greek ship it is now acknowledged as the first computer.

Podcast Episode 68 l Meet this 2,000 year old computer

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Here is a new Podcast Episode about this 2,000 year old computer. It is the Antikythera Mechanism and it was found aboard a sunken Greek ship.

A rusting, green set of gears known as the Antikythera Mechanism found at the bottom of the ocean aboard a decaying Greek ship it is now acknowledged as the first computer.

This 2,000 year old mechanism is the first computer ever

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This 2,000 year old mechanism is the first computer ever and it is known as the Antikythera Mechanism found on an ancient Greek ship in 1901

Canaanite fine toothed ivory comb discovered in 2017 and now revealed to have the oldest known inscription in the Phoenician writing system that eventually evolved into the alphabet we and so many other cultures use today. CREDIT: DAFNA GAZIT, ISRAEL ANTIQUITIES AUTHORITY

The Oldest Sentence in the World’s First Alphabet

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Researchers have discovered an inscription on an ancient ivory comb that they claim to be the oldest sentence in the world's first alphabet - one that would subsequently become the letters of the alph...

Cinnabar stripe on cranium of male individual uncovered at Catalhoyuk, Turkey, by Marco Milella Catalhoyuk Research Project

People in a 9,000 year old city painted their dead

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People in a 9,000 year old city painted their dead in the ancient Neolithic settlement of Çatalhöyük in modern day Turkey.

Footprints of an ancient hominin over 6 million years old were found in Crete,

Hominin Footprints Found in Crete Could be the Oldest Ever

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Hominin Footprints Found in Crete Could be the Oldest Ever at 6.4 million years ago. They may belong to our most ancient direct ancestor.

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