The National Archaeological Museum in Athens houses some of the most important artifacts from a variety of archaeological locations around Greece from prehistory to late antiquity. It is considered on
Façade of the National Archaeological Museum, Athens in 2015
The Museum in 1893
The Antikythera Ephebe
The Mask of Agamemnon, a gold funeral mask, dated 1550–1500 BC
Antikythera mechanism
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The Antikythera mechanism is an ancient Greek hand-powered orrery built in the 2nd century BC and discovered in 1901. It is the oldest known example of an analogue computer. It could be used to predic
National Archaeological Museum, Athens
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Derek J. de Solla Price (1922–1983) with a model of the Antikythera mechanism
Computer-generated front panel of the Freeth model
Front panel of a 2007 re-creation
Computer-generated back panel