Image copyright Reuters The so-called mechanism of Anticitera is one of the artifacts most mysterious in the history of technology. And is not to be less.
which was Created 2 thousand years ago in Ancient Greece, this object brass etched parts is not greater than a laptop computer modern and looks like a machine from the future.
In June of this year, a group of scientists managed to decipher a puzzle, which since its discovery in 1900, had not been resolved: what it was for?
“the first computer created by the human race”, as they described their discoverers, was used for astronomical, how to trace complex movements of the Moon and of the planets.
Now, a group of archaeologists submarines went a step further: to recover the remains of a human skeleton located in a boat wreck on the Greek island of Symi, where was this artifact’s enigmatic.
According to published Monday in the scientific journal Nature, the bones unearthed are in great state of preservation.
because of this, scientists have been able to determine that the remains belong to a young man, around 20 years.
He was baptized, Pamphilos, who, in Greek, means “friends of all”.
According to the researchers, future DNA tests could help to unravel some of the mysteries that involve the mechanism of Anticitera, such as the geographical origin of the ancestors of Pamphilos, and, therefore, of the artifact.
it would Also be possible to know physical details of the young man (skin color and eyes, for example) and even what kind of activities he performed, or which conditions of life had due to the state of their bones.
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